Meta-informative Centering in Utterances: Between Semantics and Pragmatics
Edited by André Włodarczyk and Hélène Włodarczyk
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 143] 2013. xvii, 306 pp.
Hélène Włodarczyk
List of John Benjamins publications for which Hélène Włodarczyk plays a role.
Title
Subjects Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2013 Introduction Meta-informative Centering in Utterances: Between Semantics and Pragmatics, Włodarczyk, André and Hélène Włodarczyk (eds.), pp. ix–xviii | Article
2013 Attention-centered information in language Meta-informative Centering in Utterances: Between Semantics and Pragmatics, Włodarczyk, André and Hélène Włodarczyk (eds.), pp. 59–100 | Article
In this chapter we outline the concept of attention centering in the MIC theory, and explain how it is linked with the old or new meta-informative status. We distinguish two meta-informative levels giving rise to two different meta-informative types of utterances: base and extended utterances (in… read more
2013 Verbal aspect in Slavic languages between semantics and pragmatics Meta-informative Centering in Utterances: Between Semantics and Pragmatics, Włodarczyk, André and Hélène Włodarczyk (eds.), pp. 193–230 | Article
The main function of the linguistic category of aspect is perfectly reflected by the traditional term “aspect” or “view” which means that the speaker chooses a view of the situation s/he is speaking about. This view of a situation, or “point of view”, is first of all reflected by an internal… read more