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Esphoric the N of a(n) N-nominals: Forward bridging to an indefinite reference point

In this article I analyze English binominal NPs of the form the N of a(n) N and describe them as instances of esphoric NPs, i.e...

Keywords: Esphora, reference-point constructions, possessives, definiteness, bridging, reference

08/2006 | Folia Linguistica, Walter de Gruyter

How to mean without saying: Presupposition and implication revisited

This paper examines presupposition and implication from a semiotic perspective. It suggests that the conventional approaches to presupposition have a limited focus because of emphasis on truth-value, or the propositional level of the utterance...

Keywords: semiotics, Narrative, presupposition, pragmatics, meaning, reference

06/2006 | Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter

On the constructional semantics of gerundive nominalizations

This paper starts out from the observation that the semantic labels of ‘fact’ and ‘action’ (Lees 1968[1960]) that are traditionally used in the description of English gerundive nominalizations (e.g...

Keywords: gerundive, nominalization, reference, instantiation, subject

01/2008 | Folia Linguistica, Walter de Gruyter

Left-detachment and topic-marking in French: The case of quant and en fait de

The aim of this paper is to compare the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of two left-detachment constructions in French, introduced respectively by quant and en fait de...

Keywords: left-detachment, topic, reference, addressation, frame-setting

11/2007 | Folia Linguistica, Walter de Gruyter

Icon, index, symbol and denotation, connotation, metasign

We discuss how Hjelmslev's denotation, connotation, and metasign could correspond to Peirce's icon, index, and symbol...

Keywords: Peirce, sign category, Hjelmslev, glossematics, type, reference, value

08/2007 | Semiotica, Walter de Gruyter