Switch-Reference and Discourse Representation

Cover......Page 1
Intro Blurb......Page 2
General Editors......Page 4
Supplementary volumes......Page 5
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
1.0 Introduction......Page 18
1.1 The canonical conception of switch-reference......Page 20
1.2 Violation of categorial iconicity......Page 28
1.3 The formal complexity of switch-reference systems......Page 30
1.3.1 Dependency relations between marked and controlling claus......Page 31
1.3.2 Violation of the Locality Condition......Page 35
1.3.3 Realisation and constituent orderin......Page 40
1.3.4 Violation of the Subject Condition......Page 42
1.3.5 Position of the switch-reference marker......Page 45
1.3.6 Complexities in the systems of markers......Page 47
1.4 The functional complexity of switch-reference systems......Page 50
1.4.1 Plurality in switch-reference pivo......Page 51
1.4.2 Additional meanings expressed by switch-reference marke......Page 56
1.4.3 Violations of the Functional Condition......Page 66
1.5.1 Logophoricity......Page 67
1.5.2 Obviation......Page 73
1.6 Conclusion......Page 74
2.0 Introduction......Page 75
Hypothesis 1......Page 77
2.1.1 Unexpected SS marking in Imbabura Quechua......Page 84
Hypothesis 2......Page 94
Hypothesis 3......Page 97
Hypothesis 4......Page 98
2.1.2 Unexpected SS marking in Amele......Page 101
2.1.3 Other languages......Page 109
2.1.4 Defining the switch-reference pivot and the switch-reference relation......Page 114
2.2.1 Eastern Porno: Shifts in agentivit......Page 115
2.2.2 Lenakel: Shifts in temporal interva......Page 126
2.2.3 Amele revisited: Shifts in time, place and world......Page 130
2.3 Switch-reference and the rhetorical structure of discourse......Page 131
2.4 Conclusion......Page 136
3.0 Introduction......Page 137
3.1 Switch-reference as topic maintenance......Page 140
3.2 Switch-reference as gapping......Page 149
3.3 Categorial iconicity revisited......Page 152
3.4 Transitivity......Page 164
3.5 Switch-reference as agreement between eventualities......Page 167
3.6 Conclusion......Page 170
4.1 Discourse Representation Theory......Page 173
4.2 Unification Categorial Grammar......Page 187
4.3 Conclusion......Page 195
5.0 Introduction......Page 198
5.1 Amele......Page 199
5.2 The syntax of switch-reference in Amele......Page 202
5.2.1 The relation between marked and controlling clauses......Page 203
5.2.1.1 Dependency relations in clause chains......Page 204
5.2.1.2 Switch-reference and subordinate clause......Page 206
5.2.1.3 \'Clause-skipping\' in Amele......Page 210
5.2.1.4 The syntactic analysis of medial clause......Page 212
5.2.2 Lexical classification of Amele verbs......Page 217
5.3 The semantics of switch-reference in Amele......Page 224
5.3.1 Distinguishing the switch-reference pivot......Page 226
5.3.2 Functional extensions......Page 232
5.3.3 Switch-reference as parameter agreement......Page 239
5.3.3.1 The aspectual classification of eventualities in Amel......Page 240
5.3.3.2 The structured eventuality index......Page 247
5.4 Switch-reference with impersonal constructions......Page 255
5.5 Generality of the account......Page 265
5.6 Conclusion......Page 267
6.0 Introduction......Page 269
6.1 Logophoric phenomena......Page 270
6.1.1 Logophoric systems in West African languages......Page 271
6.1.2 Long-distance reflexives......Page 275
6.1.3 Constraints on the logophoric context......Page 276
6.1.4 Constraints on the logocentric NP......Page 280
6.1.5 Logophoric systems and evidential meaning: the optionality of logophoric expressions......Page 283
6.2 Accounting for logophoricity within DR Theory......Page 285
6.2.1 Sells\' account......Page 288
6.2.2 Evaluation of Sells\' account......Page 291
6.3 An alternative DR Theory account for logophoric phenomena......Page 299
6.4.1 LDRs and clause-bound reflexives......Page 316
6.4.2 Attribution of evaluative expressions......Page 318
6.4.3 Interpretation of deictic expressions......Page 319
6.4.4 Binding......Page 320
6.5 Logophoricity and switch-reference......Page 321
1 Switch-reference phenomena......Page 325
2 Functional extensions of switch-reference systems......Page 328
3 Theoretical conceptions of switch-reference......Page 334
5 A Discourse Representation Theory account of switch-reference......Page 336
6 Logophoricity......Page 344
Abbreviations used......Page 350
Index......Page 362