Comparative Concept: trigger (inf)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
trigger (inf)
| Typ | information packaging (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | trigger |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | trigger (inf) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
a concept evoked or inferrable in the prior discourse that is a member of a poset that also includes the link. Example: in the exchange Do you like this album? Yeah, this song I really like, the album mentioned in the first turn is the trigger that generates a poset together with the song mentioned in the second turn; the latter serves as the link to the trigger. (Section 11.2.3)