22.3917, Books: Discourse Analysis/Semantics/Typology/Psycholing: Kibrik

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From: Jeri Dash [jeri.dash at oup.com]
Subject: Reference in Discourse: Kibrik


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Title: Reference in Discourse 
Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199215805 


Author: Andrej Kibrik

Hardback: ISBN:  9780199215805 Pages: 688 Price: U.K. £ 80.00


Abstract:

This is the first full study of how people refer to entities in natural discourse. 
It contributes to the understanding of both linguistic diversity and the 
cognitive underpinnings of language and it provides a framework for further 
research in both fields. Andrej Kibrik focuses on the way specific entities are 
mentioned in natural discourse, during which about every third word usually 
depends on referential choice. He considers reference as an overt 
representation of underlying cognitive processes and combines a 
theoretically-oriented cognitive approach with empirically-based cross-
linguistic analysis. He begins by introducing the cognitive approach to 
discourse analysis and by examining the relationship between discourse 
studies and linguistic typology. He discusses reference as a linguistic 
phenomenon, in connection with the traditional notions of deixis, anaphora, 
givenness, and topicality, and describes the way his theoretical approach is 
centered on notions of referent activation in working memory. He argues that 
the speaker is responsible for the shape of discourse and that referential 
expressions should be understood as choices made by speakers rather than 
as puzzles to be solved by
addressees. 

Kibrik examines the cross-linguistic aspects of reference and the typology of 
referential devices, including referring expressions per se, such as free and 
bound pronouns, and referential aids that help to tell apart the concurrently
activated entities. This discussion is based on the data from about 200 
languages from around the world. He then proposes a comprehensive model 
of referential choice, in which he draws on concepts from cognitive 
linguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and cognitive 
neuroscience, and applies this to Russian and English. He also draws 
together his empirical analyses in order to examine what light his analysis of 
discourse can shed on the way information is processed in working memory. 
In the final part of the book Andrej Kibrik offers a wider perspective, including 
deixis, referential aspects of gesticulation and signed languages.

This pioneering work will interest linguists and cognitive scientists interested 
in discourse, reference, typology, and the operations of working memory in 
linguistic communication. 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Semantics
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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