NP-Anaphora in Modern Greek

NP-Anaphora in Modern Greek
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9781443818957
ISBN-13 : 144381895X
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Book Synopsis NP-Anaphora in Modern Greek by : Michael Chiou

Download or read book NP-Anaphora in Modern Greek written by Michael Chiou and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anaphora is one of the most fascinating linguistic phenomena as it constitutes a unique and universal property of human language. Every single natural language provides linguistic means which facilitate speakers to refer to entities in the world. The understanding of the complexity of anaphora and of the problems surrounding it will ameliorate our understanding of the nature of human languages. This explains why anaphora constitutes a central research topic in contemporary linguistic science. This study examines the phenomenon of NP-anaphora with the main focus on modern Greek. By maintaining the empirical and theoretical benefits of the classical generative approach to binding, in this study we propose a partial pragmatic reduction of the interpretation of NP-anaphora in modern Greek in terms of the neo-Gricean pragmatic principles of communication. The proposed analysis is articulated on the following basis: it is argued that the choice of anaphoric expressions and their interpretation by Greek speakers and addressees respectively is heavily dependent on preference, which is regulated by principles of language use and communication. Therefore, by employing a model, which is based on the systematic interaction of the neo-Gricean pragmatic principles of communication, we provide a neat and more elegant approach to NP-anaphora resolution for modern Greek. In a nutshell, this study offers a quite new perspective into the study of NP-anaphora in modern Greek but it is also a little step towards a better understanding of the phenomenon of anaphora across languages.


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