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Anaphora in Generative Grammar.

Intuitively, it is clear why languages have anaphoric relations: anaphora reduces redundancy, thereby shortening (and hence simplifying) sentences. In order for this simplification to be possible, however, it is necessary that the speaker of a language be able to identify correctly the elements part...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wasow, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1979.
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Sumario:Intuitively, it is clear why languages have anaphoric relations: anaphora reduces redundancy, thereby shortening (and hence simplifying) sentences. In order for this simplification to be possible, however, it is necessary that the speaker of a language be able to identify correctly the elements participating in an anaphoric relation and to determine correctly the meaning of the anaphor on the basis of meaning of the antecedent. If a grammar is to reflect the linguistic competence of a native speaker of a language, it must include mechanisms of associating anaphor and antecedent. In this volume.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1299676871
9781299676879