Empirical Perspectives on the Use of Hungarian Nominal Demonstratives / Eniko Tóth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tóth, Enikő, author.

Series:

Pragmatic interfaces.

Pragmatic Interfaces Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hungarian language--Demonstratives.

Hungarian language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2024]

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Hungarian nominal demonstratives, blending empirical research from experimental and corpus-based analyses.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Tables

Introduction

1 Demonstratives - Meaning and Use

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The semantics and pragmatics of demonstratives

1.2.1 The philosophical perspective

1.2.2 Some crosslinguistic insights on demonstratives: the typological analysis

1.2.3 Various uses of demonstratives: taxonomies

1.3 Deixis and demonstratives in Hungarian

1.3.1 Overview

1.3.2 Pragmatic functions of Hungarian nominal demonstratives

1.4 Summary

2 Different Approaches to Demonstratives

2.1 Previous approaches to demonstratives

2.1.1 The traditional view

2.1.2 Cognitive approaches

2.2 Demonstratives in interaction

2.2.1 The sociocentric approach

2.2.2 Demonstratives and joint attention

2.3 The relevance-theoretic approach

2.4 Experimental insights

2.4.1 Overview

2.4.2 Experimental works supporting the traditional view

2.4.3 Experimental works challenging the traditional view

2.5 Summary

3 Empirical Studies on the Use of Hungarian Demonstratives

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Hungarian demonstratives in interaction - Results of a controlled dialogue game

3.2.1 Methodology

3.2.2 Hypotheses

3.2.3 Design and participants

3.2.4 Results and discussion

3.2.5 Conclusion

3.3 Demonstratives and joint attention - Results of an online production study

3.3.1 Introduction

3.3.2 Hypotheses

3.3.3 Materials and methods

3.3.4 Results

3.3.5 Discussion

3.3.6 Conclusion

3.4 Summary

4 Contrastive Uses of Hungarian Demonstratives

4.1 Contrastive uses

4.2 Contrastive uses in Hungarian - An elicitation study

4.2.1 Contrastiveness in Hungarian

4.2.2 Hungarian demonstratives in table-top space

4.3. A corpus-based study on the use of emez/amaz.

4.3.1 Previous research on emez/amaz

4.3.2 Hungarian reinforced demonstratives in use

4.3.3 Pragmatic uses

4.3.4 Contrastive uses reconsidered

4.3.5 Phraseologisms and other uses

4.4 Summary

5 Conclusion

References

Index

A

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C

D

F

G

I

L

M

O

P

R

S

U

V.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781487566388

1487566387

9781487566395

1487566395