A typology of reference systems / Zygmunt Frajzyngier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Typology (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This volume offers a typology of reference systems across a range of typologically and genetically distinct languages. Zygmunt Frajzyngier describes and explains the differences between these systems across languages and explores their implications for syntactic theory and analysis and for linguistic typology.

Contents:

Cover

Titlepage

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

1 Introduction

1.1 The goal of the study

1.2 The importance of the reference systems

1.3 Typology of reference systems

1.4 Methodology

1.5 The coding means within the system of reference

1.6 State of the art

1.7 The choice of languages

1.8 The terms used

1.9 Main findings and implications

1.10 Organization of the volume

2 The reference system of Mupun

2.1 Introduction

2.2 State of the art

2.3 Formal means of coding for the system of reference

2.4 Functions within the system of reference

2.5 No instructions to identify the referent

2.6 Previous mention

2.7 The status of relative clauses

2.8 Coding of the reference and typology of syntactic units

2.9 Anaphora at the clausal level

2.10 Reference to possessor

2.11 Locative anaphora

2.12 Reference at the level of complex sentence: Logophoricity

2.13 Reference to the environment of speech

2.14 Unspecified human subject

2.15 Non-human anaphora, time, and syntactic constraints

2.16 Reference to the environment of speech and anaphora belong to different domains

2.17 A member of a set

2.18 Conclusions and implications

3 The reference system of modern Mandarin Chinese

3.1 The aim of the study

3.2 State of the art with respect to the reference system in Mandarin

3.3 Some typological characteristics of Mandarin

3.4 The data

3.5 Coding means in the Mandarin reference system

3.6 Same referent

3.7 Contrastive focus within the ongoing discourse

3.8 Deducing the referent from the current content

3.9 Deducing the referent from remote context

3.10 No instructions to identify the referent

3.11 Individuated member of a class

3.12 Conclusions and implications

4 The reference system of Polish.

4.1 Aim of the chapter

4.2 State of the art

4.3 The data

4.4 The formal means for the coding of reference in Polish

4.5 Reference of clausal relations and of the noun phrase

4.6 Referent of the subject

4.7 Referential functions of other grammatical relations

4.8 Referential functions of noun phrases

4.9 Selection of an entity from a group of potential entities

4.10 Referent other than the one in the common sphere

4.11 De dicto domain only

4.12 Conclusions on Polish

5 The reference system in non-literary varieties of Russian

5.1 The aim of this chapter

5.2 State of the art

5.3 The data

5.4 The coding means in the reference system

5.5 Reference in the flow of discourse

5.6 The unknown plural agent

5.7 Referential functions of objects

5.8 The referents of the noun phrase

5.9 Topicalization

5.10 The deduced referent other than the default

5.11 Any member of a set

5.12 Conclusions and implications

6 The reference system in Sino-Russian idiolects

6.1 Introduction

6.2 State of the art

6.3 Basic characteristics of Sino-Russian idiolects

6.4 The formal coding means within the system of reference

6.5 The structure of the domain of reference

6.6 The introduction of new entities in discourse

6.7 Same referent

6.8 Switching reference within a discourse: The function of pronouns

6.9 Proximate reference

6.10 Coding an unknown member of a set

6.11 Conclusions about the system of reference in Sino-Russian idiolects

7 The reference system of Pero

7.1 Introduction and state of the art

7.2 Main characteristics of Pero

7.3 Formal means of coding in the reference system

7.4 Reference functions for grammatical relations

7.5 The referent of the subject

7.6 The referent of the object

7.7 Identification of participants represented by nouns.

7.8 Independent anaphors

7.9 The role of possessive pronouns

7.10 Reference system in reported speech

7.11 Conclusions about Pero and the implications

8 The reference system of Mina

8.1 Basic information about Mina

8.2 State of the art

8.3 The formal means of coding

8.4 Referential functions applying to subject

8.5 Referential functions of grammatical relations other than the subject

8.6 The coding of referent of the noun phrase

8.7 Locative anaphora

8.8 Anaphoric switch reference

8.9 Conclusions

9 The reference system of Gidar

9.1 Introduction

9.2 State of the art

9.3 The formal means of coding in the reference system

9.4 The determiners

9.5 Reference in the flow of discourse

9.6 No instructions to identify the referent

9.7 The same subject as the previous subject

9.8 Different third-person subject

9.9 The same object as the previous object

9.10 Deduce the referent from the previous discourse or knowledge

9.11 Reference to entities in the environment of speech

9.12 Previous mention between the speaker and the addressee

9.13 Remote anaphora

9.14 Reference through the parameter of location

9.15 Conclusions and implications

10 The reference system of Hdi

10.1 Introduction

10.2 State of the art

10.3 Formal means of coding

10.4 Functions in the reference for subject

10.5 Referential functions for non-subjects

10.6 Referential functions within a noun phrase

10.7 Reference to the environment of speech

10.8 Deducing the referent from previous discourse

10.9 Specific and non-specific `child'

10.10 Conclusions

11 The reference system of Wandala

11.1 Introduction

11.2 State of the art with respect to the reference system

11.3 The formal means for coding reference

11.4 Referential functions of participants in a proposition.

11.5 No instructions to identify the participant

11.6 The unspecified participant

11.7 Referential functions of the subject only

11.8 Coding of the previously mentioned subject or topic

11.9 An unspecified human subject

11.10 Referential functions of the object

11.11 Coding of a previously mentioned object

11.12 Referential functions within a noun phrase

11.13 The common sphere

11.14 A very remote reference

11.15 Reference to time

11.16 Reference to any member of a set

11.17 Conclusions and implications

12 The reference system of Lele

12.1 Introduction

12.2 State of the art

12.3 Means of coding in the reference system

12.4 Reference to participants in a proposition

12.5 Reference to the third-person subject

12.6 Reference to non-subjects

12.7 Reference coded within the noun phrase

12.8 Coding the referent as specific

12.9 Unspecified referent

12.10 Reference through the indication of space

12.11 Reference to the content of a proposition

12.12 De re and de dicto modification of a noun

12.13 Conclusions

13 The reference system of English

13.1 The aim of the chapter

13.2 State of the art

13.3 Methods of investigation

13.4 The coding means for the reference system of English

13.5 Nouns and pronouns in the flow of discourse

13.6 Referents of grammatical relations

13.7 Reference functions for non-subjects in English

13.8 The referential properties of bare nouns in English

13.9 Identifying the referent of nouns in English

13.10 Identifying as a member of a set

13.11 Conclusions about English

14 Summary

14.1 Introduction

14.2 The meaning of bare nouns and the derivation of names of entities

14.3 The rarity of linear order as a coding means for a system of reference.

14.4 The correlation between the number of coding means and the number of functions

14.5 Various functions of pronouns

14.6 Various functions of coding on the verb (`agreement')

14.7 No instructions to identify the referent

14.8 The distinction between the domain of discourse and the environment of speech

14.9 Identification of referents of subjects and non-subjects

14.10 Placing the referent in the common sphere

14.11 Coding the specific referent

14.12 Deduced referent

14.13 The same subject as the preceding subject

14.14 The unspecified human subject

14.15 The unknown quantified human subject

14.16 The earlier mentioned subject

14.17 The unspecified human subject

14.18 The unknown human plural subject

14.19 The previously mentioned object

14.20 Reference to the immediately preceding human or non-human object

14.21 Hypothetical status vs. de re status of the head of the nominal construction

14.22 Which functions are more and which are less frequent

15 Implications

15.1 Implications for semantics

15.2 Implications for typology

15.3 Formation of utterances in natural discourse

References

Index.

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Print version: Frajzyngier, Zygmunt A Typology of Reference Systems

ISBN:

0-19-191887-3

0-19-265029-7