03577nam 2200709 a 450 991097420840332120200520144314.097866121619269781282161924128216192X9789027297464902729746010.1075/pbns.102(CKB)1000000000549669(OCoLC)70765095(CaPaEBR)ebrary10022294(SSID)ssj0000278544(PQKBManifestationID)11954899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278544(PQKBWorkID)10246321(PQKB)10775472(MiAaPQ)EBC622427(DE-B1597)720278(DE-B1597)9789027297464(EXLCZ)99100000000054966920020409d2002 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDegrees of explicitness information structure and the packaging of Bulgarian subjects and objects /John Leafgren1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjaminsc20021 online resource (viii, 247 pages)Pragmatics & beyond,0922-842X ;new ser. 102Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781588112200 1588112209 9789027253422 9027253420 Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-227) and index.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 SeriesThis 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.Pragmatics & beyond ;new ser. 102.Bulgarian languageSyntaxBulgarian languageTopic and commentBulgarian languageSemanticsFocus (Linguistics)Bulgarian languageSyntax.Bulgarian languageTopic and comment.Bulgarian languageSemantics.Focus (Linguistics)491.8/15Leafgren John1801521MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974208403321Degrees of explicitness4346795UNINA