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Deixis and Information Packaging in Russian Discourse.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grenoble, Lenore A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1998.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 50.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • DEIXIS AND INFORMATION PACKAGING IN RUSSIAN DISCOURSE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Tables and figures; Preface; Transcription Conventions and Abbreviations; PART I. PRIMARY DEIXIS; Chapter 1. A Framework for Deixis and Information Packaging; Chapter 2. The Primary Deictic Dimensions; PART II. DEIXIS AND THE TEXT; Chapter 3. Spatio-temporal Mappings: Directional Deictics; Chapter 4. Knowledge and Evidentiality; PART III. DISCOURSE AND INFORMATION PACKAGING; Chapter 5. Information Packaging; Chapter 6. Grounding and Saliency; Chapter 7. Conclusion.
  • Appendix TextsNotes; References; Name Index; Subject Index.