εmbosì Indefiniteness: A Pragmatic Analysis

IF 0.2 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Kiba Ngapoula
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Abstract

This analysis broaches the contextual interpretation of indefiniteness in εmbQsì and it aims at providing the promotion and documentation of this language. The study reveals that εmbosì indefiniteness interplays with the pragmatic tenets of non-identifiability and novelty. It also and mainly reveals that εmbosì indefinite description has different functions. It first introduces a new entity in the discourse and may have an attributive function when the referent of an entity refers to whoever or whatever fits the descriptive content of the noun phrase. It may also be referential when the speaker first communicates something about the referent and then wants the audience to identify it. εmbosì indefinite description also assumes a specific function when the speaker refers to a specific entity in his mind without intending the hearer to identify it. Indefiniteness in εmbosì also plays a descriptive role when the speaker, using a proper name, does not refer to a specific individual, but rather to what that individual describes.
εmbosì不确定性:语用分析
这一分析提出了对εmbQsì中不确定性的语境解释,旨在为该语言的推广和记录提供依据。研究表明εmbosì不确定性与非可识别性和新颖性的语用原则相互作用。同时也主要揭示了εmbosì不定描述具有不同的功能。它首先在语篇中引入一个新的实体,当一个实体的指称物指的是符合名词短语描述内容的人或物时,它可能具有定语功能。它也可能是指涉性的,当说话者首先传达一些关于指涉者的事情,然后希望听众识别它。εmbosì不定描述也具有特定的功能,当说话人在他的脑海中提到一个特定的实体,而不打算听者识别它。εmbosì中的不确定性也起着描述性的作用,当说话人使用专有名称时,不是指一个特定的个体,而是指那个个体所描述的东西。
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期刊介绍: International Journal of American Linguistics is a world forum for the study of all the languages native to North, Central, and South America. Inaugurated by Franz Boas in 1917, IJAL concentrates on the investigation of linguistic data and on the presentation of grammatical fragments and other documents relevant to Amerindian languages.
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