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Sofiana Lindemann. Special Indefinites in Sentence and Discourse
Inhalt
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1 Introduction
1.1 Introducing the phenomena
1.2 Goals of the book and proposed analysis
1.3 Limitations of the investigation
1.4 Outline of the book
2 Past work on reference
2.1 Semantic-pragmatic accounts on (in)definiteness
2.2 Accessibility as activation
2.2.1 The Accessibility Hierarchy
2.3 Accessibility as topicality
2.3.1 Givón’s distance model
2.3.2 Centering Theory
2.3.3 The accessibility of referents
2.3.3.1 Recency
2.3.3.2 Givenness or old information
2.3.3.3 Syntactic prominence bias
2.3.3.4 Semantic prominence bias
2.3.3.5 Implicit causality
2.3.3.6 Intersentential coherence relations
2.4 Accessibility as expectancy
2.4.1 The discourse structuring potential
2.4.2 The discourse analysis method
2.4.2.1 Referential persistence
Overall referential persistence
Referential persistence of indefinite noun phrases
2.4.2.2 Topic shift potential
Overall topic shift potential
2.4.2.3 Type of the first anaphoric expression
2.5 Summary
3 English indefinite this
3.1 Forms and uses of demonstratives
3.1.1 Definite uses of demonstrative this
3.1.2 The indefinite use of demonstrative this
3.2 Properties of indefinite this
3.2.1 Referential properties of indefinitethis
3.2.2 Discourse-pragmatic properties of indefinite this
3.3 The discourse effects of indefinite this
Prediction 1 (referential immediacy and referential persistence)
Prediction 2 (topic-shift potential)
Prediction 3 (referential type of the first anaphoric expression)
3.3.1 The experimental setup. Participants
Design and procedure
Materials
3.3.2 Procedure and data analysis
3.3.3 Results and discussions
Referential persistence
Topic shift potential
Type of the first anaphoric expression
3.4 Demonstratives and focus of attention
3.5 Summary
4 German indefinite so’n
4.1 Demonstrative uses of so’n
4.1.1 Deictic and anaphoric uses of so
4.1.2 Out-of-the-blue uses of so’n
4.1.3 So’n as a marker of referential structure
4.1.4 Summary
4.2 Referential properties of indefinite so’n
4.2.1 Different types of readings of indefinite so’n
4.2.2 Referential readings of indefinite so’n
Materials and Procedure
Predictions
4.2.2.1 Results and discussion
4.2.3 Summary
4.3 Discourse properties of indefiniteso’n
4.3.1 Indefinite so’n and immediacy of reference
4.3.2 The DSP of indefinite so’n
Prediction 1 (referential immediacy and referential persistence)
Prediction 2 (topic shift potential)
Prediction 3 (referential type of the first anaphoric expression)
4.3.2.1 The experimental setup. Participants
Design and Procedure
Materials
4.3.2.2 Procedure and data analysis
4.3.2.3 Results and discussions
Referential persistence
Topic shift potential
Type of the first anaphoric expression
4.4 Summary
5 Pe-marking of indefinite noun phrases in Romanian
5.1 Criteria for differential object marking in Romanian
5.2 The distribution of pe-marking with definite expressions
5.2.1 DOM with definite modified noun phrases
5.2.2 DOM with definite unmodified noun phrases
5.2.2.1 Hard constraints
5.2.2.2 Soft constraints
5.2.2.3 Neutral contexts
5.3 Pe-marking with indefinite noun phrases
5.3.1 Specificity
5.3.2 Topicality and pe-marking with indefinite NPs
5.3.3 Summary
5.4 The DSP of pe-marking in Romanian
5.4.1 Experimental investigation on pe-marking
Prediction 2 (topic-shift potential)
Prediction 3 (referential type of the first anaphoric expression)
5.4.1.1 The experimental setup. Method
Participants
Design and Procedure
Materials
5.4.1.2 Procedure and data analysis
5.4.1.3 Results and discussion
Number of anaphoric references – referential persistence
Topic shift
Type of anaphoric referring expression
5.5 Summary
6 Referential properties and discourse structuring
6.1 Referential properties
6.2 The discourse structuring potential
6.3 Referential properties and discourse structuring
6.3.1 Grammaticalization of the indefinite article
6.3.2 DOM in Romanian as an indicator of DSP
6.3.3 The proximal demonstrative and DSP
6.4 Summary
7 Conclusion
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fußnoten. 2.1 Semantic-pragmatic accounts on (in)definiteness
2.3.2 Centering Theory
3 English indefinite this
3.1.1 Definite uses of demonstrative this
3.2.1 Referential properties of indefinite this
3.2.2 Discourse-pragmatic properties of indefinite this
3.3.1 The experimental setup
3.3.3 Results and discussions
4 German indefinite so’n
4.1 Demonstrative uses of so’n
4.1.2 Out-of-the-blue uses of so’n
4.2.1 Different types of readings of indefinite so’n
4.2.2 Referential readings of indefinite so’n
4.3.1 Indefinite so’n and immediacy of reference
5.1 Criteria for differential object marking in Romanian
5.2.1 DOM with definite modified noun phrases
5.2.2 DOM with definite unmodified noun phrases
5.2.2.3 Neutral contexts
5.3.1 Specificity
6.3 Referential properties and discourse structuring
6.3.3 The proximal demonstrative and DSP
