The Distribution of Referential Expressions in LDs and Their Accessibility Interpretation

Shi An-quan · Journal of Ningbo University · 2009

The paper makes a study on the syntactic features of referential expressions in LDs within the theoretical framework of accessibility.It is found that definite descriptions,proper names and stressed pronouns with lower accessibility are often selected by the speaker to fulfill the role of the left dislocated component,and pronouns with higher accessibility as its corefenrential expression.

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