| The Syntax and Pragmatics of Anaphora Contributor(s): Huang, Yan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521039606 ISBN-13: 9780521039604 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $62.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: This book develops a pragmatic theory of anaphora within the neo-Gricean framework of conversational implicature. Chomsky claims that anaphora reflects underlying principles of innate Universal Grammar, and the view is widely held that only syntactic and semantic factors are crucial to intrasentential anaphora. Yan Huang questions the basis of the Government and Binding approach and argues that syntax and pragmatics are interconnected in determining many anaphoric processes. Furthermore, he proposes that the extent to which syntax and pragmatics interact varies typologically. There exists a class of language (such as Chinese, Japanese and Korean) in which pragmatics play a central role that in familiar European languages is alleged to be played by grammar. Yan Huang's pragmatic theory has far reaching implications for this important issue in theoretical linguistics. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics |
| Dewey: 401.43 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6" W x 9" (1.14 lbs) 352 pages |