Idiomatic expressions and anaphoric reference in functional discourse grammar

This paper deals with a special type of anaphoric relation that consists in a reference through/to a part of a fixed idiomatic experience. It is proved that, contrary to what is generally assumed, such references are not necessarily grammatically or stylistically marked. Instead, they are part of s...

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Main Author: Evelien Keizer
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Published: Universitat de València 2018-12-01
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description This paper deals with a special type of anaphoric relation that consists in a reference through/to a part of a fixed idiomatic experience. It is proved that, contrary to what is generally assumed, such references are not necessarily grammatically or stylistically marked. Instead, they are part of several productive usage patterns. With corpus data and a discursive-functional grammatical approach, I provide a theoretically-substantiated analysis of each of these patterns. This analysis shows their production and interpretation processes, accounts for their systematicity and productivity, and puts forth an explanatory proposal of the cognitive effort and communicative advantages of their use.
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spelling doaj-art-0a1a1b36677c479683ff6549f5f5fc2f2024-12-18T16:02:02ZcatUniversitat de ValènciaQuaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics1135-416X2444-14492018-12-01232310.7203/qf.23.13527Idiomatic expressions and anaphoric reference in functional discourse grammarEvelien Keizer0<p>Universit&auml;t Wien</p> This paper deals with a special type of anaphoric relation that consists in a reference through/to a part of a fixed idiomatic experience. It is proved that, contrary to what is generally assumed, such references are not necessarily grammatically or stylistically marked. Instead, they are part of several productive usage patterns. With corpus data and a discursive-functional grammatical approach, I provide a theoretically-substantiated analysis of each of these patterns. This analysis shows their production and interpretation processes, accounts for their systematicity and productivity, and puts forth an explanatory proposal of the cognitive effort and communicative advantages of their use. https://turia.uv.es/index.php/qfilologia/article/view/13527English idiomatic expressionsvariation in idiomatic expressionsanaphoric referencecontextDiscursive-Functional Grammar
spellingShingle Evelien Keizer
Idiomatic expressions and anaphoric reference in functional discourse grammar
Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics
English idiomatic expressions
variation in idiomatic expressions
anaphoric reference
context
Discursive-Functional Grammar
title Idiomatic expressions and anaphoric reference in functional discourse grammar
title_full Idiomatic expressions and anaphoric reference in functional discourse grammar
title_fullStr Idiomatic expressions and anaphoric reference in functional discourse grammar
title_full_unstemmed Idiomatic expressions and anaphoric reference in functional discourse grammar
title_short Idiomatic expressions and anaphoric reference in functional discourse grammar
title_sort idiomatic expressions and anaphoric reference in functional discourse grammar
topic English idiomatic expressions
variation in idiomatic expressions
anaphoric reference
context
Discursive-Functional Grammar
url https://turia.uv.es/index.php/qfilologia/article/view/13527
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