Irregular perspective shifts and perspective persistence, discourse-oriented and theoretical approaches

Abstract In this introduction, we set out the central themes of special issue. It concentrates on imperfect function-form mappings, and discusses several cases in which specific perspectival meanings are not fully predictable basis a perspectivizing grammatical construction alone. We distinguish two kinds form-function mismatches: (1) perspective-persistent phenomena, i.e. grammatically signaled deictic and/or cognitive perspective shifts realized interpretation, (2) irregular shifts, involve either un(der)specified or that interpreted as mixing multiple sources (‘multiple-perspective constructions’). briefly discuss contextualize each contributions, highlight their findings.