Comparative Concept: pragmatically specific (indefinite) referent (inf) / article (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
pragmatically specific (indefinite) referent (inf) / article (cxn)
| Typ | information packaging (def) construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | pragmatically specific (indefinite) referent/article • pragmatically specific (indefinite) • pragmatically specific indefinite referent/article • pragmatically specific indefinite • pragmatically specific referent/article • pragmatically specific |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | pragmatically specific (indefinite) referent (inf) / article (cxn) |
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Hierarchy
Definition
a referent introduced into the discourse by the speaker that is normally referred to again in subsequent discourse. We will use the shorter term 'pragmatically specific'. (Section 3.4.1)