Overview

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. Written with both descriptive and theoretical goals, the book aims to synthesize and revise approaches to deixis and information packaging to account for the Russian data. The analysis extends beyond primary deixis to include knowledge structures and sources of knowledge, as well as the metalinguistic devices which signal changes in information flow, and grounding and saliency relations.

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Author:   Lenore A. Grenoble (Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   50
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9789027250636

ISBN 10:   9027250634
Pages:   338
Publication Date:   15 April 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. List of Tables and Figures; 2. Preface; 3. List of Transcription Conventions and Abbreviations; 4. Primary Deixis; 5. A Framework for Deixis and Information Packaging; 6. The Primary Deictic Dimensions; 7. Deixis and the Text; 8. Spatio-Temporal Mappings: Directional Deictics; 9. Knowledge and Evidentiality; 10. Discourse and Information Packaging; 11. Information Packaging; 12. Grounding and Saliency; 13. Conclusion; 14. Appendix: Texts; 15. References; 16. Name Index; 17. Subject Index

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