Degrees of explicitness : information structure and the packaging of Bulgarian subjects and objects / John Leafgren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leafgren, John.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 102.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 102

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bulgarian language--Syntax.

Bulgarian language.

Bulgarian language--Topic and comment.

Bulgarian language--Semantics.

Focus (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 247 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores factors relevant in the choices speakers and writers make in regard to explicitness of reference to the subjects and objects in their utterances. Bulgarian is a particularly felicitous target language for this type of study, since it possesses a rich inventory of available packaging techniques, ranging from zero reference, to various stressed and unstressed single forms, to actual doubled ("reduplicated") constructions. The study systematically addresses the need to avoid referential and grammatical ambiguity, and the crucial influence of emphasis. Another, and perhaps most interesting central factor is the status of what the communication is about, which is assessed on two different levels. The book makes use of data from both published Bulgarian fiction and naturally occurring oral conversations. The fundamental similarities between these modes of communication with respect to noun phrase selection is demonstrated, but explanations are also proposed for the observable differences.

Contents:

Degrees of Explicitness; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Subjects; Chapter 3: Direct and indirect objects; Chapter 4: Conclusion; Notes; Data sources; References; Appendix: Oral data examples prior to normalization; Index; Pragmatics and Beyond New Series

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-227) and index.

ISBN:

9786612161926

9781282161924

128216192X

9789027297464

9027297460

OCLC:

70765095