Two Kinds of Definites Cross-linguistically
Two Kinds of Definites Cross-linguistically
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两种跨语言的定义
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
F. Schwarz
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作者：
F. Schwarz
明确的描述构成了管理自然语言中指称的核心手段，其语义已经在形式方法中得到了非常详细的探索。关于定语的跨语言现象也有丰富的描述性文献，但理论文献只是在最近才开始将更广泛的语言和现象纳入这一领域。本文对最近讨论的一类跨语言现象进行了说明性的概述，重点讨论了区分不同定义(即德语、费林、阿肯语、毛里求斯克里奥尔语、拉霍塔语、豪萨语和海地克里奥尔语)的语言以及似乎最直接地捕捉到这两种类型的理论观点：一种类型的定语，涉及“弱冠词”，基于独特性，而“强冠词”的定语关键地涉及回指联系。这种对比以有趣的方式延伸到所谓的桥接用法，而在类型上不相关的语言之间的对比有惊人的相似这一事实表明，自然语言可以利用来组织其指称系统的根本区别。文章最后对未来研究的方向进行了展望。
Definite descriptions constitute a core device for managing reference in natural language, and their semantics has been explored in great detail within formal approaches. There also is a rich descriptive literature on cross-linguistic phenomena concerning definites, but the theoretical literature has only recently begun to incorporate a wider range of languages and phenomena in this realm. The present paper provides an illustrative overview of one class of recently discussed cross-linguistic phenomena, focusing on languages that differentiate between different kinds of definites (namely German, Fering, Akan, Mauritian Creole, Lakhota, Hausa, and Haitian Creole) and the theoretical views that seem to capture the two types most straightforwardly: one type of definite, involving ‘weak articles’, is based on uniqueness, whereas ‘strong article’ definites crucially involve an anaphoric link. The contrast extends to so-called bridging uses in interesting ways, and the fact that there is a striking resemblance in the contrast across typologically unrelated languages points to a fundamental distinction that natural languages can utilize in organizing their referential system. The paper closes with an outlook on directions for future research.
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DOI：
10.1093/jos/ffq022
发表时间：
2011
期刊：
J. Semant.
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作者：
Löbner;Sebastian
通讯作者：
Sebastian