Here and there : cross-linguistic studies on deixis and demonstration / Jürgen Weissenborn & Wolfgang Klein (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weissenborn, Jürgen.

Klein, Wolfgang, 1946 February 3-

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; 3:2/3.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0166-6258 ; 3:2/3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Deixis.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Deixis - the rooting of utterances in the speech situation - is one of the most salient universals of natural language. The ways in which different languages link utterances to pragmatic factors such as speech time, speech place, and speech participants show a rich variation. This makes deixis a particular fruitful domain for the study of universals, language comparison, and the relationship between language and reality. This volume presents and discusses deictic systems of both Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages, including Russian, Czech, Spanish, German (standard and dialect), Hun

Contents:

HERE AND THERE Cross-linguistic Studies on Deixis and Demonstration; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of content; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; UP/DOWN, FRONT/BACK, LEFT/RIGHT A CONTRASTIVE STUDY OF HAUSA AND ENGLISH; NOTES; REFERENCES; DA AND THE SYSTEM OF SPATIAL DEIXIS IN GERMAN; 1. DA AND THE FIELD OF DEICTIC EXPRESSIONS IN GERMAN; 2. DA AND THE FIELD OF STRICT SPATIAL DEIXIS IN GERMAN; 3. DA AS A SPATIAL ANAPHOR; 4. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; REPRESENTATIONS OF LOCAL NI-DEIXIS IN SWAHILI IN RELATION TO BÜHLER'S ""ORIGO DES ZEIGFELDS""

1. BÜHLER'S ""ORIGO DES ZEIGFELDS"" AND ITS NECESSARY EXTENSION2. SOME GENERAL REMARKS ON SWAHILI SYNTAX; 3. LOCAL NI-DEICTIC EXPRESSIONS IN SWAHILI; NOTES; REFERENCES; SOME SYSTEMS OF SPATIAL DEIXIS IN PAPUAN LANGUAGES; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE SYSTEM OF LOCAL DEIXIS IN THE EIPO, YALE AND ANGGURUK LANGUAGE; 2.1 The Eipo language; 2.2 The Yale language; 2.3 The Angguruk language; 3. PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS; 4. CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; LOCAL DEIXIS IN TOLAI; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE TOLAI AREA; 3. SOME BASIC FEATURES OF TOLAI GRAMMAR; 4. THE SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL DEICTICS

5. CLASSIFICATION OF LOCAL DEICTICSCONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE SYSTEM OF LOCAL DEIXIS IN SPANISH; NOTES; REFERENCES; ON VERB DEIXIS IN HUNGARIAN; 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF DEIXIS; 1.1 Pointing and naming; 1.2 Bühler's analysis; 1.3 Schmid's analysis; 1.4 Austerlitz' analysis; 2. PERSONAL DEIXIS AND MOTION VERBS IN HUNGARIAN; 2.1 Asymmetry of inflectional paradigm; 2.2 Deixis and motion verbs; SUMMARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS IN RUSSIAN AND CZECH - DEIXIS AND ANAPHORA; 1. AIMS OF THE PAPER; 2. DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVE BASIC SCHEMES OF SEMANTICOPPOSITIONS

3. EXTENDED SCHEME OF DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS4. DISCUSSION OF THE ESSENTIAL DEICTIC CATEGORIES; 5. ""NEUTRAL ELEMENT"" VERSUS ""NEUTRALIZATION""; NOTES; REFERENCES; DEIXIS AND ANAPHORA IN GERMAN DIALECTS: THE SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS OF TWO DEFINITE ARTICLES IN DIALECTAL VARIETIES; 1. INRODUCTION: THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM; 2. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC EXPRESSIONS CONTAINING THE DEFINITE ARTICLE; 2.1 Generic reference; 2.2 Generic reference to concepts; 2.3 Specific reference; 2.4 The definite article in deictic us; 2.5 The definite article in anaphorical use

2.6 The definite article in nominais referring to unique objects3. TWO PARADIGMS OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE AND THEIR FUNCTIONS IN A DIALECT OF THE RHINELAND; 3.1 List of the definite articles; 3.2 dor-article. Kinds of reference; SOME REMARKS ON JAPANESE DEICTICS; 3.2.1 dor-article in generic reference; 3.2.2 The dor-article in generic reference to concepts; 3.2.3 The dor-article in specific reference referring to unique objects; 3.3 de - article. Kinds of reference; 3.3.1 Deictic reference; 4. REFERENCE OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IN DIALECT AND STANDARD

5. EVIDENCE FROM A BROADER DATA BASIS: DOUBLE PARADIGMS OF THE DEFINITE ARTICLE IN OTHER DIALECTSAND IN STANDARD GERMAN

Notes:

English and German.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-35960-X

9786613359605

90-272-8062-2

OCLC:

773039608