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This volume presents selected papers from the 5th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference within the area of discourse analysis. The topics addressed include pronominal anaphora in English and Russian narratives, the subtleties of the definite article in English and Spanish, the use of discourse particles in Dutch, and the function of prosody as a marker of text structure in spoken narratives. The papers illustrate the potential of the emerging cognitive linguistic paradigm to provide fresh, revealing insights in the study of discourse.
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Discourse studies in Cognitive Linguistics
AMSTERDAM STUDIES IN THE THEORY AND HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE General Editor E. F. KONRAD KOERNER (University of Ottawa) Series IV – CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY Advisory Editorial Board Raimo Anttila (Los Angeles); Lyle Campbell (Christchurch, N.Z.) John E. Joseph (Edinburgh); Manfred Krifka (Austin, Tex.) Hans-Heinrich Lieb (Berlin); Ernst Pulgram (Ann Arbor, Mich.) E. Wyn Roberts (Vancouver, B.C.); Hans-Jürgen Sasse (Köln)
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Karen van Hoek, Andrej A. Kibrik and Leo Noordman (eds.) Discourse Studies in Cognitive Linguistics Selected papers from the fifth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Amsterdam, July 1997
discourse studies in Cognitive Linguistics Selected papers from the fifth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference Amsterdam, July 1997
Edited by
Karen Van Hoek University of Michigan
Andrej A. Kibrik
Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Leo Noordman Tilburg University
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (5th : 1997 : Amsterdam, Netherlands) Discourse studies in cognitive linguistics : selected papers from the fifth International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Amsterdam, 1997 / edited by Karen van Hoek, Andrej A. Kibrik, Leo Noordman. p. cm. -- (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, ISSN 0304-0763 ; v. 176) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Discourse analysis--Psychological aspects Congresses. 2. Cognitive grammar Congresses. I. Van Hoek, Karen. II. Kibrik, A. A. III. Noordman, Leonard G. M., 1940- . IV Title. V. Series. P302.8.I57 1999 401’.41--DC21 99-15506 isbn 978 90 272 3682 1 (eur.) / 978 1 55619 893 9 (us) (hb; alk. paper) isbn 978 90 272 8949 0 (eb) CIP © 1999 – John Benjamins B.V. Reprint 2009 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. • P.O.Box 36224 • 1020 ME Amsterdam • The Netherlands John Benjamins North America • P.O.Box 27519 • Philadelphia PA 19118-0519 • USA
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CONTENTS Introduction
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Part I. REFERENCE IN DISCOURSE Embodied in a Constructed World: Narrative processing, knowledge representation, and indirect anaphora Catherine Emmott
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Reference and Working Memory: Cognitive inferences from discourse observations Andrej A. Kibrik
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Roles, Frames and Definiteness Richard Epstein
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The Selection of Definite Expressions in Spanish Maquela Brizuela
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Part II. INFORMATION STRUCTURING IN DISCOURSE Theme, Comment, and Newness as Figures in Information Structuring Jan-Ola Östman and Tuija Virtanen Cognitive Effects of Shell Nouns Hans-Jörg Schmid
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