Referring expressions in English and Japanese : patterns of use in dialogue processing

It is a major challenge for linguists to explore the relations between referential choice and the discourse structure in dialogues, because, unlike written modes of discourse, dialogue as an interactional mode of discourse needs careful treatment for linguistic analysis. This book investigates how d...

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Main Author: Yoshida, Etsuko
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co 2011
John Benjamins Publishing Company
John Benjamins
Edition:1
Series:Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
Subjects:
Discourse analysis
Discourse studies
English language
English language > Grammar, Comparative > Japanese
English linguistics
Grammar, Comparative and general
Grammar, Comparative and general > Noun phrase
Grammar, Comparative and general > Topic and comment
Japanese language
Japanese language > Grammar, Comparative > English
Japanese linguistics
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Discourse studies
Japanese linguistics
English linguistics
Pragmatics
ISBN:9789027256126, 9027256128
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Summary:It is a major challenge for linguists to explore the relations between referential choice and the discourse structure in dialogues, because, unlike written modes of discourse, dialogue as an interactional mode of discourse needs careful treatment for linguistic analysis. This book investigates how discourse entities are linked with topic chaining and discourse coherence by showing that the choice and the distribution of referring expressions is correlated with center transition patterns in the centering framework. It provides original empirical research into the use of referring expressions in English and Japanese task-based dialogues, and applies and extends theoretical frameworks which attempt to account for local and global discourse coherence. Using a discourse-based integrated approach to anaphora resolution, Yoshida proposes a unified account on the patterns of use of referring expressions. The book will be of interest to discourse analysts, computational linguists, scholars of semantics and pragmatics, and cross-linguistics researchers.
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. [197]-204
Originally published as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Edinburgh, 2008
Includes index
ISBN:9789027256126
9027256128
DOI:10.1075/pbns.208