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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789535603321

Autore

Grenoble Lenore A

Titolo

Deixis and information packaging in Russian discourse [[electronic resource] /] / Lenore A. Grenoble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1998

ISBN

1-283-12820-9

9786613128201

90-272-8436-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser., 50

Disciplina

491.75

Soggetti

Russian language - Deixis

Russian language - Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Primary deixis -- pt. 2. Deixis and the text -- pt. 3. Discourse and information packaging.

Sommario/riassunto

The role deixis plays in structuring language and its relation to the context of utterance provides the focus for an examination of information packaging in Russian discourse. The analysis is based on a model which interprets discourse as constituted by four interrelated frameworks - the linguistic text, the text setting, the text content, and the participant framework. Deixis is divided into three primary dimensions of time, space, and person, which are metaphorically extended to secondary dimensions of information status (knowledge, focus, and theme). The linguistic devices which function in