Centering and noun phrase realization in Kaqchikel Mayan
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Centering and noun phrase realization in
Centering Theory is applied to a narrated film retelling in Kaqchikel Mayan in order to better understand discourse constraints on the form of referring expression. It is shown that Backwards Looking Centers are very often encoded by zero pronouns, and that center Shifts more often employ full pronouns and full noun phrases than do center Continues and Retains. Preverbal pronouns and full noun ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pragmatics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0378-2166
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2009.09.011