[Lingtyp] Term for “non-pronominal anaphora"

[Elena Skribnik]

...and don't forget the German anaphora of the type:

"...Arthur Rimbaud... Der Dreiundzwanzigjährige hatte damals die Kunst 
längst hinter sich geworfen."

Lexical anaphora?

Best,

Elena


Am 21.05.21 um 16:42 schrieb Volker Gast:
>
> Not sure if there's a word for it, but there's a recent paper on 
> "Reference without anaphora: On agency through grammar" by C.W. 
> Raymond, R. Clift and J. Heritage in Linguistics, see
>
> https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/ling-2021-0058/html
>
> The paper deals with English only (it's Free Access). The authors 
> simply use the attribute 'non-anaphoric (reference)' for the relevant 
> uses.
>
> We generally assume that accessible referents are referred to using 
> anaphora, but sometimes we prefer to use a "full" form. The authors 
> argue that this has to do with agency in the sense of interactional 
> linguistics. For instance, we may prefer a proper name over an 
> anaphora when we talk about someone we know very well, such as our 
> kids or grandchildren:
>
> Granny's friend: "James's a little devil, hehe."
> James' granny: "James is a little bugger, isn't he."
>
> The authors argue that speakers may claim epistemic or deontic 
> authority with such usages. (The example above is taken from the paper 
> but simplified, see p. 740).
>
> I'm not a specialist of Conversation Analysis, but I find this very 
> intriguing (and it is my impression that we tend to redundantly use 
> proper names when talking about our partners, for instance; that might 
> be a matter of affection). This case is obviously different from the 
> one mentioned by Ian, which is also very intriguing.
>
> Best,
> Volker
>
>
> On 21.05.21 16:05, Juergen Bohnemeyer wrote:
>> Dear Ian — This would fall under ’nominal’ anaphora, I believe. Same 
>> as in the following example:
>>
>> (1) Sally stopped in her tracks. The woman had forgotten where she 
>> was headed.
>>
>> I believe I’ve also come across the term ‘lexical’ anaphora. — HTH — 
>> Juergen
>>
>>> On May 21, 2021, at 2:00 AM, JOO, Ian [Student] 
>>> <ian.joo at connect.polyu.hk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> is there a term for “non-pronominal anaphora”, i. e. using personal 
>>> names or titles for anaphoric reference?
>>> Example:
>>> Hyeng-kwa hyeng-uy chinkwu
>>> older.brother-COM older.brother-GEN friend
>>> `Older brother and his (lit. older brother’s) friend’ (Korean)
>>> I tried to search it in Google, but since I don’t know what this 
>>> phenomenon is called, I don’t know what to search for.
>>> I would appreciate your help.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> ian
>>>
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