Comparative Concept: inactive (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
inactive (inf)
| Typ | information packaging (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | inactive • noncontaining inferrable |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | inactive (inf) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
a referent for which the speaker and hearer have a discourse file (also described as: the referent is in the speaker's long-term memory) but which generally has not been activated in the discourse, at least not recently. (Section 3.3.1)