Speakers, addressees and the referential process
A pragmatic approach
Article outline
- 1.Evidence that speakers and addressees matter
- 1.1Referents are mental objects more than real-world entities
- 1.2Importance of speaker intentions
- 1.3Importance of addressees
- 2.Conventions underlying the referential process
- 2.1Influence of cognitive status on the form of referential expressions
- 2.2Influence of genre on referential expressions and referential chains
- 3.From conventions to pragmatics: Contribution of the present volume to current research on the referential process
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Notes
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