Comparative Concept: semantically specific referent (inf)
semantically specific referent (inf)
| Typ | information packaging |
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| Alias(se) | semantically specific referent • pragmatically nonspecific (but semantically specific) (indefinite) referent • pragmatically nonspecific but semantically specific indefinite referent • pragmatically nonspecific but semantically specific referent • pragmatically nonspecific indefinite referent • pragmatically nonspecific referent |
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a referent introduced into the discourse by the speaker that is not normally referred to again in subsequent discourse. The term 'semantically specific' indicates that the referent is not in a nonreal context – that is, it is not a nonspecific referent. We will use the shorter term 'pragmatically nonspecific' and assume that such referents are also semantically specific. (Section 3.4.1)