The Syntax-Discourse Interface: Representing and Interpreting Dependency

by Petra Burkhardt

This book combines theoretical and experimental aspects of the establishment of dependency. It provides an account of dependency relations by focusing on the representation and interpretation of referentially dependent elements, particularly regular reflexives, logophors, and pronouns. First, the establishment of dependency is discussed within a model of syntax-discourse correspondences that predicts an economy-based dependency hierarchy contingent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027228043
• ISBN13: 9789027228048
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 259 Pages