The Syntax and Pragmatics of Anaphora: A Study with Special Reference to Chinese (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 70) - Hardcover

Huang, Yan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521418879 ISBN 13: 9780521418874

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

xviii 349p blue cloth, pages unmarked, binding firm, from a Cambridge college library with labels, near fine condition but a few minor pencil marks to initial pages

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Review

'An excellent contribution to the literature on anaphora, pragmatics, and the grammar-pragmatics interface ... H[uang]'s book presents a wealth of data, interesting analyses, and intriguing questions for further research.' Language

'The book makes a valuable addition to the literature on anaphora, and will prove a rich source of observations, insights and future research topics ... It also makes a significant theoretical contribution to the development of a pragmatic account of certain aspects of anaphora.' Journal of Linguistics

'Huang's outstanding book not only puts forth an explicit theory of the pragmatic factors involved, but can also be compared in rigour and coverage with any available accounts of anaphora.' Journal of Chinese Linguistics

'Huang ... qualif[ies] as one of that rare variety of linguists who is conversant with both the technicalities of syntactic theory and the subtleties of pragmatics. By considering the syntax and pragmatics of anaphora ... Huang's book makes a significant contribution to the boundary dispute between these two branches of the study of language.' Journal of Pragmatics

'I fully recommend this book ... The interplay between principles at various levels of linguistic analysis revealed in this book will certainly appeal to all linguists: both syntacticians and pragmatists, formalists and functionalists.' Australian Journal of Linguistics

Book Description

Anaphora is a key issue for linguists. Yan Huang questions the Government and Binding approach to anaphora and develops a pragmatic theory within the neo-Gricean framework of conversational implicature. He demonstrates that syntax and pragmatics are interconnected in determining anaphoric processes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521418879
• ISBN 13: 9780521418874
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 349