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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819469903321

Autore

Leafgren John

Titolo

Degrees of explicitness : information structure and the packaging of Bulgarian subjects and objects / / John Leafgren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2002

ISBN

1-282-16192-X

9786612161926

90-272-9746-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 247 pages)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 102

Disciplina

491.8/15

Soggetti

Bulgarian language - Syntax

Bulgarian language - Topic and comment

Bulgarian language - Semantics

Focus (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Degrees of Explicitness; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Subjects; Chapter 3: Direct and indirect objects; Chapter 4: Conclusion; Notes; Data sources; References; Appendix: Oral data examples prior to normalization; Index; Pragmatics and Beyond New Series

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores factors relevant in the choices speakers and writers make in regard to explicitness of reference to the subjects and objects in their utterances. Bulgarian is a particularly felicitous target language for this type of study, since it possesses a rich inventory of available packaging techniques, ranging from zero reference, to various stressed and unstressed single forms, to actual doubled ("reduplicated") constructions. The study systematically addresses the need to avoid referential and grammatical ambiguity, and the crucial influence of emphasis. Another, and perhaps most interesting central factor is the status of what the communication is about, which is assessed on two different levels. The book makes use of data from both published Bulgarian fiction and naturally occurring oral conversations. The



fundamental similarities between these modes of communication with respect to noun phrase selection is demonstrated, but explanations are also proposed for the observable differences.