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Cross-linguistic Studies on Deixis and Demonstration
Deixis – the rooting of utterances in the speech situation – is one of the most salient universals of natural language. The ways in which different languages link utterances to pragmatic factors such as speech time, speech place, and speech participants show a rich variation. This makes deixis a particular fruitful domain for the study of universals, language comparison, and the relationship between language and reality. This volume presents and discusses deictic systems of both Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages, including Russian, Czech, Spanish, German (standard and dialect), Hungarian, Chinese, Japanese, Hausa, Swahili, Hopi, Eipo, Tolai, Diyari. Focus is on spatial deixis, but other deictic and demonstrative expressions are treated as well.
[Pragmatics & Beyond, III:2-3] 1982. vi, 298 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 21 November 2011
Published online on 21 November 2011
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Table of Contents
- IntroductionJürgen Weissenborn and Wolfgang Klein | p. 1
- Up/down, front/back, left/right. A contrastive study of Hausa and EnglishClifford Hill | p. 13
- Da and the system of spatial deixis in GermanVeronika Ehrich | p. 43
- Representations of local Ni-deixis in Swahili in Relation to Bühler's “Origo des Zeigfelds”Hubertus Opalka | p. 65
- Some systems of spatial deixis in Papuan LanguagesVolker Heeschen | p. 81
- Local Deixis in TolaiUlrike Mosel | p. 111
- The system of local deixis in SpanishPriska-Monika Hottenroth | p. 133
- On verb deixis in HungarianIstváan Bátori | p. 155
- Demonstrative pronouns in Russian and Czech-deixis and anaphoraChrista Hauenschild | p. 167
- Deixis and anaphora in German dialects: The semantics and pragmatics of two definite articles in dialectical varietiesDietrich Hartmann | p. 187
- Some remarks on Japanese deicticsFlorian Coulmas | p. 209
- Hopi Person deixisEckehart Malotki | p. 223
- Zur historischen Entwicklung der Personendeixis im ChinesischenFritz Pasierbsky | p. 253
- The deictic system of DiyariPeter Austin | p. 273
- Contributors | pp. 285–286
- Index of Names | pp. 287–290
- Index of Subjects | pp. 291–298
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