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|Title=Pragmatic aspects of the use of pronouns in wh-questions | |Title=Pragmatic aspects of the use of pronouns in wh-questions | ||
| − | + | |Tag(s)=EMCA; Pronouns; Wh-questions; Questions; | |
| − | |Tag(s)=EMCA; Pronouns; Wh-questions; Questions; | ||
|Key=Mazeland1996 | |Key=Mazeland1996 | ||
|Year=1996 | |Year=1996 | ||
|Journal=Belgian Journal of Linguistics | |Journal=Belgian Journal of Linguistics | ||
|Volume=10 | |Volume=10 | ||
| − | |Pages= | + | |Pages=185–206 |
| + | |URL=https://benjamins.com/catalog/bjl.10.12maz | ||
| + | |DOI=10.1075/bjl.10.12maz | ||
| + | |Abstract=This paper focuses on the ways Dutch speakers use pronouns in order to refer to the topic entity of wh-questions. It appears that, when they have the choice between a third-person pronoun or a demonstrative pronoun, they prefer the latter; however, in the answers given to wh-questions, the same discourse entity is normally referred to by means of a third-person pronoun. This phenomenon is usually accounted for by the recency principle, which predicts that a speaker accomplishes topical continuity by using a third-person pronoun. However, even when a discourse entity was already thematic over a long stretch of talk, speakers normally refer to it by means of a demontrative pronoun if it is the topic of a wh-question. Therefore, it is argued that the sequential function of the utterance as a whole may govern the selection of the coding devices through which reference is made to discourse entitites. This hypothesis would explain why the topic entity of a reported wh-question is usually referred to by means of a third-person pronoun. | ||
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| Key | Mazeland1996 |
| Author(s) | Harrie Mazeland |
| Title | Pragmatic aspects of the use of pronouns in wh-questions |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Pronouns, Wh-questions, Questions |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Journal | Belgian Journal of Linguistics |
| Volume | 10 |
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| Pages | 185–206 |
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| DOI | 10.1075/bjl.10.12maz |
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Abstract
This paper focuses on the ways Dutch speakers use pronouns in order to refer to the topic entity of wh-questions. It appears that, when they have the choice between a third-person pronoun or a demonstrative pronoun, they prefer the latter; however, in the answers given to wh-questions, the same discourse entity is normally referred to by means of a third-person pronoun. This phenomenon is usually accounted for by the recency principle, which predicts that a speaker accomplishes topical continuity by using a third-person pronoun. However, even when a discourse entity was already thematic over a long stretch of talk, speakers normally refer to it by means of a demontrative pronoun if it is the topic of a wh-question. Therefore, it is argued that the sequential function of the utterance as a whole may govern the selection of the coding devices through which reference is made to discourse entitites. This hypothesis would explain why the topic entity of a reported wh-question is usually referred to by means of a third-person pronoun.
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