Bridging and dislocation in Catalan
The exact anaphoric relation between the referent of dislocates and their previous discourse referents has been a matter of much discussion. In this paper, we reexamine this relation under the light of Clark's notion of bridging (Clark 1977), and connect different anaphoric bridging types with...
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| Tipo de documento: | capítulo de livro |
| Data de publicação: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositório: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:318536 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/318536 https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1075/rllt.14.11may |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Anaphora Bridging Catalan Contrast Left dislocation Right dislocation |
| Resumo: | The exact anaphoric relation between the referent of dislocates and their previous discourse referents has been a matter of much discussion. In this paper, we reexamine this relation under the light of Clark's notion of bridging (Clark 1977), and connect different anaphoric bridging types with left (LD) and right dislocations (RD) in Catalan. We report a judgment task experiment showing that while speakers clearly perceive LD and RD as different for most kinds of bridging, they rate RD better across the board, suggesting that speakers can use RD for a wider range of uses than previously assumed. Yet, albeit the preference for RD in Catalan, LD seems to be inherently linked to contrastive readings. |
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