| 1 |
Changes in Pronoun Use a Decade before Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Dementia—Linguistic Contexts Suggest Problems in Perspective-Taking
|
|
|
|
In: Brain Sci (2022)
|
|
BASE
|
|
Show details
|
|
|
| 6 |
information structural effects of German P- and D-pronouns in discourse ...
|
|
|
|
Abstract:
The present investigation steps back to the claims of the 1990s by assuming that there is a functional opposition in the use of P- and D-PRO which affects the status of the pronoun's referent in the mental model of the discourse. We interpret the earlier findings as an indication of an information structural difference which is specifically relevant on the discourse level. The question we address here is twofold. Firstly, we ask whether the assumed opposition in the information status of P- and D-PRO referents has consequences on referent continuation in the ongoing discourse. So far, the effects of P- vs. D-PRO use were determined concerning the status of the pronoun referent in the actual sequence of discourse, i.e. they were determined by a judgement on the salience or the topic/focus status of the pronominal DP. As far as we can see, this determination has not been operationalized further. Since there are contexts in which both P- and D-PRO would fit in with only a feeling of a difference but without ... : ZAS Papers in Linguistics, Bd. 58 (2015): Byproducts and side effects = Nebenprodukte und Nebeneffekte ...
|
|
URL: https://zaspil.leibniz-zas.de/article/view/428
https://dx.doi.org/10.21248/zaspil.58.2015.428
|
|
BASE
|
|
Hide details
|
|
|
|
|
