Index
A
- aboutness
30, 108–109, 146
- accessible
12, 38–39, 45, 52, 151, 165
-
see also accessibility
151, 154
- accommodation
xvi, 5–7, 13, 75, 84, 126, 130
- activation state
104, 115, 132–133, 136
- active
xix, 32, 38–39, 41, 48, 94, 99–100, 103–105, 112, 128, 165
-
again
14, 18, 23, 47, 72, 75, 84–86, 106, 108, 113, 120, 153, 160, 167
-
also
xvi, xvii, xx, xxi, 2–3, 5–6, 8–9, 12–13, 15, 18–19, 22–23, 31, 34, 37–38, 40, 42–43, 45–47, 49, 51, 53, 57–58, 61–62, 64–68, 70, 74, 76–78, 80, 83–86, 89, 91, 96, 98–100, 102, 106–107, 109, 112–113, 115, 119–120, 123, 125–129, 132–133, 135, 137–138, 140–141, 143–144, 148–151, 154–155, 159–160, 162, 164–167, 171
- Alternative Semantics
31
-
see also Focus Semantics
31
- Amerindian languages
57
-
see also Native American languages
51, 57, 60
- assertion
xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, 1, 4, 6, 15, 20–26, 45–46, 49, 64–65, 66–68, 72–73, 75–76, 79–80, 81–83, 85–86, 104, 111–118, 120–125, 127–129, 137, 139–141, 144, 159, 161–163, 167–169
-
see also reassertion act
21
- attentional system
87, 101–102, 138, 148, 165, 170
- authority
22, 49, 53, 58–59, 63, 66, 73, 79
B
- background knowledge
5, 12, 17, 30, 38, 43, 83, 160, 171
- Baker & Greenfield
87, 150–151, 169
- Balkan area
51, 60
-
see also Balkan evidentiality
60
- bottom-up
xviii, xx, 137–141, 144, 158–159, 162–163, 171–172
- brain imaging
81, 92, 94–95
-
see also brain imaging techniques
92, 94–95
- brain lateralization
144, 147
- brain oscillatory dynamics
98
- Broca
92–94, 145
-
see also Broca’s area
92–93
- Burkhardt
104–106, 115, 119, 127
C
- Chafe
xvii, 36–40, 42, 45–46, 51–52, 166
- change-of-state
8, 17, 84–87, 112
- Chomsky
xv, 32–33, 43, 156, 158
- Clark & Haviland
38–39, 91
- cognitive constraint
159, 163
-
see also internal constraint
143–144
- comment
xvii, 30, 32, 34, 46, 52, 71, 144–146, 150, 152, 169
- commitment
xvii, 22, 36, 49, 51–52, 56, 60–61, 63, 66, 71–72, 74–76, 78–80
- Common Average Referencing
133
- common ground
5–6, 10, 42, 45, 68, 75, 112, 145–146, 155, 160
-
see also Common Ground management
42
- communicative context
4, 21, 47, 171
- Communicative Dynamism
28, 37, 48, 137, 142, 165, 167, 172
- communicative intention
14, 18–19, 23–24, 141, 146
- condition of use
4
-
see also condition of sincerity
5
- conjectural evidentiality
58–59
- consciousness
37–38, 42–43, 45–46, 49, 166
- context
xviii, xix, 4, 6–7, 10–13, 15–17, 19, 21–22, 26, 28–31, 35, 37–39, 41–42, 46–49, 52, 68, 75, 77, 82–84, 100–109, 111, 114–115, 117–120, 125, 127–129, 136, 138–142, 150–151, 154–155, 158–161, 163–164, 166, 168–169, 171–172
-
see also context set
11, 21, 30, 75, 104, 136
- context-driven processing
104, 109
- context change potential
10, 13
- contextual boundedness
28
-
see also contextually-bound
29
- contextual dependency
105
- continuity
27, 29, 31–32, 103, 136, 156, 166–167, 169
-
see also continuous
35, 37, 103, 136, 151, 167–168
- discontinuous
32, 37, 103–104, 136, 167–168
- contrastive topic
152–153
-
controlled
xx, 44, 92, 102, 118, 139, 158, 162–163, 170
- critical word
117, 121, 129
D
- definite description
2–4, 11, 18–19, 74, 116–117, 120–121, 123–124, 128–129
-
see also non-referring definite description
3
- design feature
xv, 146, 156, 158, 163, 171
- developmental
xv, 88, 144, 146, 149–150, 157, 170
- direct evidentiality
60, 64, 73
- discourse model
12, 39, 88, 101, 103, 105, 107, 115–116, 126–128, 132, 137, 140, 154–155, 159, 167–168
-
see also discourse representation
82, 101, 103, 105, 116, 125–126, 128, 131, 137, 141–142, 169
- discourse processing
115, 125, 129
- Discourse Representation Theory
xvi, 1, 10, 12, 49, 83
- Dynamic Semantics
xvi, 1, 10
E
- ecological
113–114, 117, 119, 125
- Edinburgh Handedness questionnaire
116
- Electroencephalography
94–95
- epistemic stance
xvii, 53, 63–65, 73, 77, 79–80
- epistemic status
55, 62, 68
- Erickson & Mattson
xviii, 88–90
- Event-Related Desynchronization
xix, 99, 134
-
see also desynchronization effect
100, 137, 141
- Event-Related Potential
82, 94–95, 111, 122
- Event-Related Synchronization
xix, 99, 141
-
see also synchronization effect
100, 135–137, 141
- evidential
xvii, 51–54, 57–60, 62–64, 66, 68, 74, 76–78, 80
-
see also Cuzco Quechua evidential
67
- evidentiality
xvii, xx, 51–52, 56–64, 66, 73, 77–80
-
see also information source evidentiality
56
- speaker attitude evidentiality
60
- evolution
xv, xvi, 70, 93, 143, 156–157, 163, 168, 170–171
- expectation
38, 82, 89, 102, 108, 126, 128, 138, 140–142, 153
- expectation-based parsing
108, 140
- Experimental Pragmatics
104
F
- factual evidentiality
64, 73, 78
- factual stance
64, 73, 78
- focus
xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxi, 8, 15, 18, 24–26, 28–36, 41, 43–46, 48–50, 59, 64, 68–73, 79–81, 84–85, 87–91, 103, 106–109, 112, 115, 130–132, 136–137, 139–142, 144, 146, 150–151, 159, 161–163, 165–167, 169, 172
-
see also focus of attention
45
- focus-presupposition
32, 112
- broad focus
xx, 15, 35, 36, 41, 107
- Functional Sentence Perspective
26
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
94
G
- garden path
96, 116, 125, 127
-
see also pragmatic garden path
116, 125, 127
- Gestalt Psychology
32, 103, 136
- given
xvii, xviii, xix, 4, 7–8, 12–13, 17–18, 23, 25–26, 29–31, 33–39, 42–43, 45–46, 48–49, 55, 58, 62–63, 69, 75, 80–81, 86–87, 90–92, 94, 96–97, 101, 103–104, 106–108, 113–116, 119, 126, 129–137, 139–142, 144, 147, 149–151, 153–155, 157, 159–161, 164–165, 167–172
- Given-New Contract
38–39, 91
- Givón
6, 31–32, 40, 46–47, 56, 62, 66, 102, 136, 148, 151–153, 155–156, 158, 160
- grammaticalization
68, 80
-
see also grammaticalization path
68
H
- Hahne & Friederici
102, 165
- handedness
116, 147–148
-
see also dominant hand
145–146, 148
- non-dominant hand
145–147
- high spatial resolution
94–95, 98
- high temporal resolution
94
- holistic
93, 161
-
see also holistic unit
161
I
- identifiable
3, 19, 77, 148
- illocution
14–15, 18, 29, 34, 72
-
see also illocutionary force
14, 19, 34, 36, 48, 71, 76
- Illocution Change Test
34
- implication
4, 105, 138, 146
- implicature
1, 14–20, 86–87
-
see also Presupposition as Implicature Hypothesis
88
- conventional implicature
14
- conversational implicature
14–16
- scalar implicature
14, 17, 19–20, 86–87
- implicit communication
1, 8, 13
- inactive
32, 38–39, 47, 151, 153
- indirect speech act
15
-
see also indirect assertion
15, 23–24, 49
- inference
2, 14, 19, 59, 66, 80, 104–105
- inferential evidentiality
58
- information presentation
46
- Information Structure
xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xxi, 25, 30, 43, 51, 63–64, 81–82, 90, 106–108, 111, 115, 126–127, 132–133, 136–138, 143, 145, 149–150, 154, 157, 159, 167, 169, 171
- intention
3, 5, 14–15, 18–19, 23–24, 48, 66–67, 72, 141, 146
-
see also intentional meaning
15, 23
- speaker’s intention
3–4, 15, 23, 48, 101
- intonation unit
39–40, 42
K
- Kinematic Chain Model
145
- Kiparsky & Kiparsky
8, 74
- Krifka
xix, 42, 46, 144–148, 157
L
- language faculty
xv, 92, 94, 143, 158
- Late Positivity
127
-
see also late positive effects
116
- latency analysis
121–122, 124, 128
- laterality model
xix, 144
- lateralization
144–145, 147
- length
43, 119–120, 125, 161
- linking
101, 105–106, 115–116, 125–129, 140, 142
-
see also Discourse Linking
101, 125–127
- Lombardi Vallauri
xv, xxi, 8, 34–36, 48, 128, 130, 136, 156–159, 169
M
- Magnetoencephalography
95
- Maxim of Quality
64–65, 72
- mental recall
167, 169, 172
- micropragmatic
xvii, 15, 36, 51, 70, 112, 144, 172
- Moses Illusion Test
xviii, 88, 90
- Mushin
xvii, 53, 55–56, 62–66, 73–74, 79
N
- Narasimhan & Dimroth
150, 153–154
- N400
xix, 82, 95–96, 98, 103–105, 108–109, 115–116, 121–130, 140, 142, 153
- naturalness
84, 114, 119–120, 125, 127
- Near Infrared Spectroscopy
94
- negation
18–20, 34, 54, 64, 84
-
see also scope of negation
18, 84
- negativity
102, 104, 115, 125
- neurophysiological components
95
- new
xvii, xviii, xix, xx, xxi, 6–7, 12–13, 15, 21, 25–27, 30, 34, 36–43, 45–49, 53, 62, 68, 70, 74, 79, 81, 85, 87–88, 91–92, 101, 103–104, 106–108, 111–112, 114–117, 125–132, 134, 136–137, 139–142, 150–151, 153–154, 157–163, 165, 167–170, 172
- Nuyts
xvii, 51, 57, 69, 77
O
- One-Chunk-per-Clause Principle
40
- One New Idea Constraint
39
- one-word stage
150
-
see also two-word message
151, 153–154, 161
- ontogenetic
88, 149, 161, 169–170
- oral communication
107, 166, 172
-
see also ephemerality of
166
P
- P600
82, 95–96, 98, 102, 105–106, 108, 116, 127
-
see also P600 effect
106, 116
- packaging
xvii, xviii, xx, 26, 41, 43–46, 50, 68, 75, 79, 91, 103–104, 107, 113, 115, 119, 125–126, 128–130, 132, 134–142, 159, 161–163, 165, 167–169, 172
-
see also information packaging
xviii, 26, 44, 46, 79, 107, 115, 119, 126, 128–129, 134, 137–139, 141, 161, 167, 169, 172
- personal experience evidentiality
64
- personal experience stance
64–66, 68, 72, 74
- positivity
102, 106, 109, 115, 126–127
- Positron Emission Tomography
94
- Power Spectrum Density
133
- pragmatic
xv, xvi, 1, 3–6, 13–14, 16, 18–19, 24, 27, 31, 33, 47–48, 63, 67, 79–80, 88, 106, 111–112, 116, 125, 127, 146, 157, 171
-
see also pragmatic notion of presupposition
5
- prediction
59, 114, 126, 128
- presumptive meanings
xvi, 13
- presupposition
xvi, xvii, xviii, xix, xxi, 1–2, 4–18, 24–26, 31–33, 43–46, 49, 64, 73–78, 80–87, 104, 111–116, 118, 120–130, 137, 139–142, 144, 159, 161–163, 167, 169, 172
-
see also new presupposition
xix, 6–7, 13, 85, 111–112, 114–116, 125–129, 140
- presupposition processing
xxi, 82–83, 104, 111–112, 115, 127, 130, 141
- presupposition projection
xvi, 1, 10–11, 13
- processing effort
87, 106, 136, 140, 167
- prominence
28, 35–36, 42, 45, 137
- proposition
2, 5, 11, 15–16, 18–19, 21–23, 27, 29–30, 32, 36, 40, 49, 51, 55–56, 58, 60–62, 65–68, 70, 75–77, 80, 101, 112
- psychological predicate
27
Q
- quotative expressions
54–55
- Quechua
58, 67
-
see also Cuzco Quechua
67
R
- readability
114, 119, 125
- reading times
83–84, 90, 92, 103
- reference
xv, 3, 20, 29, 57, 104, 106, 133, 145
- referent
xix, 3, 8, 11–12, 27, 32, 37–38, 40, 43, 52, 104, 113–116, 125–129, 153–154
- referential
3, 12, 32, 151
- reported vs. non-reported
58
- resource allocation
88, 101–102, 106, 138, 141, 149, 161–162, 164
- resource requirement
101, 164
- responsibility
xvii, 7–8, 22, 49, 51, 53, 63, 66–67, 69, 71–72, 78
- communicative responsibility
22
S
- Sbisà
8–9
-
see also scalarity
18, 70
- Schumacher
xviii, xxi, 96, 101, 103, 108, 115, 119, 126–127
- Second Prague School
xvii, 25–26
- selective orienting
150
-
see also selectivity
144, 148–149, 170
- semantic homogeneity
19–20
- semiactive
32, 39, 92, 104
- sentence processing
xviii, xx, 26, 81, 87–88, 90, 100, 102–104, 106–108, 132, 137–139, 141–142, 151, 157, 159–160, 167, 172
- Short-Term Memory
43–44, 157
- Simone & Lombardi Vallauri
xv, 156, 158–159
- sociobiological
xvi, 51, 172
- sourceness
77–78, 80
-
see also shared sourceness
77
- source of information
xvii, 51, 60, 62–63, 73, 79
- speaker’s belief
23, 37, 66
- speaker’s commitment
49, 51–52, 61, 63, 74–76, 78–79
-
see also speaker’s obligation
71
- Stalnaker
5, 21–22, 30, 75, 100
-
stop
8, 16, 18, 86, 112–113
- strength
12, 32, 67, 76, 84, 102, 114–115, 128, 133, 146–147
- subjectification
67–71, 80
-
see also subjectivity
67–69, 72
- subordinate temporal clause
74
-
see also temporal subordinate clause
xix, 114, 125
T
- target sentence
87, 115, 117–120
- Territory
52–55, 61
-
see also territory of knowledge
52–54
- Thematic Progression
27, 46, 165, 167
- thematic structure
25, 27, 29
- Theory of Mind hypothesis
155
- top-down
xviii, xix, xx, 137–141, 144, 155, 158–159, 163, 167–169, 171–172
- topic
xvii, xviii, xix, xxi, 15, 18, 24–26, 28, 30–36, 39, 44–46, 48–49, 53–54, 64, 70–73, 78, 80–82, 87–89, 91, 103, 106–107, 109, 115, 130–132, 136–137, 139–142, 144–146, 150–152, 159, 161–163, 165, 167, 169, 172
-
see also sentence topic
30, 32
- topicality
31–32, 77, 136, 151
- Topic-Focus Articulation
31
- Topologic Hypothesis on Main Prominence
35
- trigger
16–17, 43, 84–85, 106, 114, 116–117, 119–121, 123–125, 127–130
-
see also presupposition trigger
17, 83–87, 111–112, 114, 120, 125, 128–129
- two-word stage
150–151, 169
U
- unchallengeability
6
-
see also unchallengeable
6
- updating
10, 38, 101, 105–106, 126
- utterance
xviii, xix, 4–5, 7, 10, 14–18, 20, 23, 26–27, 29, 31, 34, 37–38, 44, 48–49, 57, 63–64, 66, 71–72, 74, 101, 112, 136–137, 141, 153–154, 157–158, 161, 166
V
- variable
33, 42, 147, 150
- visual inspection
121–122, 124
- Visual World paradigm
86–87
W
- Wernicke
92–94
-
see also Wernicke’s area
93
- Working memory
xix, 44–45, 132, 159–160, 162, 168, 172
-
see also limited working memory system
162