When indexicals target discursively subsidiary information: How foregrounding and backgrounding in discourse affect indexical reference
Adopting Berrendonner’s (1990; fc.) distinction between “micro-syntax” and “macro-syntax”, as well as the orthogonal one between foregrounded and backgrounded discourse segments (cf. Khalil, 2005), this paper aims to examine certain “non-canonical” interactions amongst these domains. In particular,...
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Language: | English |
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Presses universitaires de Caen
2009-05-01
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Series: | Discours |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/discours/6152 |