Bridging and dislocation in Catalan
Mayol, Laia (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Villalba, Xavier 1969- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2018
Description:	13 pàg.
Abstract:	The exact anaphoric relation between the referent of dislocates and their previous discourse referents has been a matter of much discussion. In this paper, we reexamine this relation under the light of Clark's notion of bridging (Clark 1977), and connect different anaphoric bridging types with left (LD) and right dislocations (RD) in Catalan. We report a judgment task experiment showing that while speakers clearly perceive LD and RD as different for most kinds of bridging, they rate RD better across the board, suggesting that speakers can use RD for a wider range of uses than previously assumed. Yet, albeit the preference for RD in Catalan, LD seems to be inherently linked to contrastive readings.
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Language:	Anglès
Series:	Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory ; 14
Document:	Capítol de llibre ; recerca ; Comunicació de congrés ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Anaphora ; Bridging ; Catalan ; Contrast ; Left dislocation ; Right dislocation
Published in:	Selected papers from the 46th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), Stony Brook, NY, p. 201-213, ISBN 9789027263896

DOI: 10.1075/rllt.14.11may

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