Bridging strength, monotonicity, and word order choices in Catalan

Three experimental studies are presented testing the choice of a left or a right dislocation in Catalan, depending on the bridging relation between the dislocate and its antecedent. We make the hypothesis that the stronger the anaphoric link between the dislocate and its antecedent, the more appropr...

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Autores: Brunetti, Lisa, Mayol, Laia, Villalba, Xavier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2020.1768623
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Palabra clave:Bridging
Anaphora
Left dislocation
Right dislocation
Catalan
Wh-clauses
Exclamatives
Scalar implicature
Conventional implicature
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spelling Bridging strength, monotonicity, and word order choices in CatalanBrunetti, LisaMayol, LaiaVillalba, XavierBridgingAnaphoraLeft dislocationRight dislocationCatalanWh-clausesExclamativesScalar implicatureConventional implicatureThree experimental studies are presented testing the choice of a left or a right dislocation in Catalan, depending on the bridging relation between the dislocate and its antecedent. We make the hypothesis that the stronger the anaphoric link between the dislocate and its antecedent, the more appropriate a right dislocation is, while the opposite is true for left dislocation. The results of two acceptability judgment experiments partially support our hypothesis: Ratings with right dislocation decrease proportionally to the strength of the anaphoric link; however, it is ratings of canonical sentences (without dislocation at all), rather than of left dislocation, that display the opposite direction. For left dislocation, the picture is more complex and reflects the pragmatic function of this construction as a topic shifter or marker of contrast. A third experiment tests the monotonicity hypothesis, according to which a left dislocation is chosen when the anaphoric relation with the antecedent is either downward monotonic or non-monotonic, while a right dislocation is preferred with an upward monotonic relation. The results partially support such hypothesis, but they also further support the importance of taking the pragmatic function of left dislocation into account to explain its choice in discourse by speakers.This work was supported by the French National Research Agency (ANR) public grant ANR-10-LABX-0083 and contributes to the IdEx Universit e de Paris - ANR-18-IDEX-0001 (Lisa Brunetti); the research project PGC2018-094029-A-I00 (Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER, UE)), awarded to the UPF (Laia Mayol); the research Project FFI2017-82547-P (MINECO), awarded to the Center of Linguistic Theory of UAB (Lisa Brunetti and Xavier Villalba) and the grant 2017SGR634 (AGAUR), awarded to the Center of Linguistic Theory of UAB (Xavier Villalba).Taylor & Francis20202020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/45775http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2020.1768623reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésDiscourse Processes. 2020;57(8):703-24info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-094029-A-I00© This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Discourse Processes on 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0163853X.2020.1768623.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/457752026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Bridging strength, monotonicity, and word order choices in Catalan
spellingShingle Bridging strength, monotonicity, and word order choices in Catalan
Brunetti, Lisa
Bridging
Anaphora
Left dislocation
Right dislocation
Catalan
Wh-clauses
Exclamatives
Scalar implicature
Conventional implicature
title_short Bridging strength, monotonicity, and word order choices in Catalan
title_full Bridging strength, monotonicity, and word order choices in Catalan
title_fullStr Bridging strength, monotonicity, and word order choices in Catalan
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title_sort Bridging strength, monotonicity, and word order choices in Catalan
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Mayol, Laia
Villalba, Xavier
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Anaphora
Left dislocation
Right dislocation
Catalan
Wh-clauses
Exclamatives
Scalar implicature
Conventional implicature
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Anaphora
Left dislocation
Right dislocation
Catalan
Wh-clauses
Exclamatives
Scalar implicature
Conventional implicature
description Three experimental studies are presented testing the choice of a left or a right dislocation in Catalan, depending on the bridging relation between the dislocate and its antecedent. We make the hypothesis that the stronger the anaphoric link between the dislocate and its antecedent, the more appropriate a right dislocation is, while the opposite is true for left dislocation. The results of two acceptability judgment experiments partially support our hypothesis: Ratings with right dislocation decrease proportionally to the strength of the anaphoric link; however, it is ratings of canonical sentences (without dislocation at all), rather than of left dislocation, that display the opposite direction. For left dislocation, the picture is more complex and reflects the pragmatic function of this construction as a topic shifter or marker of contrast. A third experiment tests the monotonicity hypothesis, according to which a left dislocation is chosen when the anaphoric relation with the antecedent is either downward monotonic or non-monotonic, while a right dislocation is preferred with an upward monotonic relation. The results partially support such hypothesis, but they also further support the importance of taking the pragmatic function of left dislocation into account to explain its choice in discourse by speakers.
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