Comparative Concept: background description (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
background description (inf)
| Typ | information packaging (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | background description |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | background description (inf) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
scene-setting information for a narrative which functions as the foreground. A background description is a discourse context which (weakly) tends to favor a thetic construal. Example: DOGS were running in the yard can function as a background description for telling a narrative. (Section 11.3.1)