When Wide Scope Is Not Enough: Scope and Topicality of Discourse Referents
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This paper analyses the semantic attributes discourse referents in Catalan Sign Language may have in order to have a corresponding location established in sign space. It is argued that a combination of scope and topicality is required when analysing the correlation between the introduction of entities into the discourse and assigning a spatial location.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011