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Descriptive Indexicals, Deferred Reference, and Anaphora
Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2020 The objectives of this paper are twofold. The first is to present a differentiation between two kinds of deferred uses of indexicals: those in which indexical utterances express singular propositions (I term them deferred reference proper) and those ...
Kijania-Placek Katarzyna
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LIST, ASSEMBLAGE, INTERRUPTION: MIGRANT LITERATURE AGAINST STORY
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 413-421, September 2025.ABSTRACT Building on the centrality of translation theory in literary studies, this essay makes the case for the utility of literature in understanding the experience of migration. Rather than assuming that this means narrative fiction or nonfiction, it explores arguments against narrative.
KIRSTEN SILVA GRUESZ
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Câteva consideratii teoretice privind conceptele de „substitut”, „anafor” si „proform” [PDF]
Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies, 2017 This article regards the concepts of substitute, anaphora and proform. In literature, there frequently appears a theory that the terms previously named “considerably overlap”, but Romanian grammar draws no clear boundaries between these concepts ...
Anamaria-Bianca Teusdea Tont
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Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2011 This paper argues that the simple reflexive pronoun sig is unambiguously a thematic argument in Icelandic. This is shown to be true not only of sig with naturally reflexive verbs but also of inherently reflexive sig.
Jóhannes Gísli Jónsson
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Truth‐Value Judgment Tasks in Second Language Research
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 5, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT This paper provides a focused review of truth‐value judgment tasks (TVJTs) as a method for eliciting interpretations in adult second language learners. We present the historical perspectives, the rationale for their use, the nature of the knowledge they target, and critical design considerations. Additionally, we discuss their effectiveness in
Shaohua Fang, Elaine J. Francis
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Speaker attitude and demonstrative choice in Ncane (Beboid)
Studies in African Linguistics, 2018 Ncane is an underdocumented Bantoid language, which offers speakers multiple choices for referring to aforementioned participants. Anaphoric reference is usually made through a noun and an accompanying anaphoric demonstrative.
Richard L. Boutwell
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 473-492, September 2025.Abstract The patrician Francesco Barbaro (1390–1454) is well known for having been both a first‐class humanist and a figurehead of the Venetian government in the new territories of the Stato da Terra. This article explores the pioneering use of humanist culture in the official praises he received during his political career, which helped shape a ...
Clémence Revest
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The Use of Deictic Elements in Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies
Verbum, 2012 The phenomenon of deixis is still the dominant topic for investigation in the field of pragmatics. The study seeks to analyze distinct types of deictic categories in the medieval world heritage, namely Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies.
Lina Inčiuraitė
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Lawnmower Poetry and the Poetry of Lawnmowers
Critical Quarterly, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 4-42, April 2026.
Francesca Gardner
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Exploiting the Discourse Structure for Anaphora Generation
, 1996 In this paper we propose a model for anaphora generation that fruitfully takes advantage of the information on the discourse structure available during the generation process. We focus our discussion on pronominal referring expressions.
Zancanaro, Massimo, Not, Elena
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