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Author:   Andrej Kibrik (, Professor at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, Moscow State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.30cm , Height: 6.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   1.160kg
ISBN:  

9780199215805

ISBN 10:   0199215804
Pages:   682
Publication Date:   01 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Preliminaries 1: Introduction 2: Basics of Reference in Discourse Part II: Typology of Reduced Referential Devices 3: Major Types of Reduced Referential Devices 4: Pronouns and Related Categories 5: Sensitivities of Reduced Referential Devices 6: Challenges of Bound Pronouns 7: The Rise and Fall of Bound Tenacious Pronouns Concluding Remarks to Part II Part III: Typology of Referential Aids 8: Referential Aids 9: How Functional are Referential Aids? Concluding Remarks to Part III Part IV: The Cognitive Multi-Factorial Approach to Referential Choice 10: The Cognitive Multi-Factorial Approach 11: Referential Choice in Russian Narrative Prose 12: Referential Choice in English Narrative prose 13: Cognitive Inferences From the Linguistic Study of Reference in Discourse 14: Further Studies Based on the Cognitive Multi-factorial Approach Concluding Remarks to Part IV Part V: Broadening the Perspective 15: Reference and Visual Aspects of Discourse Concluding Remarks to Part V Conclusion Appendices References Index of Languages Index of Terms

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<br> Kibrik has clearly succeeded in providing the reader with an overview not only over the linguistic variation and typological tendencies of reference, but also over the different research traditions in East and West. The book is extremely comprehensive and very clearly written...this book is an invaluable and very accessible resource for those who want to read up on discourse reference as quickly as a book of this heft permits. --Linguist List<p><br> A very detailed and, at the same time, broad study of an important topic...A remarkable <br>book, which can inspire many students and researchers. --Anthropological Linguistics<p><br>

<br> Kibrik has clearly succeeded in providing the reader with an overview not only over the linguistic variation and typological tendencies of reference, but also over the different research traditions in East and West. The book is extremely comprehensive and very clearly written...this book is an invaluable and very accessible resource for those who want to read up on discourse reference as quickly as a book of this heft permits. --Linguist List<p><br>

Author Information

"Andrej A. Kibrik is Leading Researcher at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, from which he received his PhD in 1988. In the Institute of Linguistics he heads the working group that prepares and publishes the multi-volume encyclopedic publication ""Languages of the World "". In addition, he is Professor at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics in Moscow State University. He has published articles on linguistics in over 200 publications."

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