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Fuchs, Melanie and Schumacher, Petra B. ORCID: 0000-0003-0263-8502 (2020). Referential shift potential of demonstrative pronouns – Evidence from text continuation. Demonstratives in Discourse. pp. 185-213. Berlin: Language Science Press.

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Abstract

In this chapter, we explore different discourse functions of two types of German demonstrative pronouns compared to the personal pronoun. Utilising a continuation task, we first demonstrate that personal and demonstrative pronouns refer back to different referents from previous discourse. We then show that anaphoric pronouns can also initiate a referential shift towards a previously less prominent referent in upcoming discourse, and we compare three types of pronouns in this regard. We also demonstrate that the referential shift potential is modulated by context-dependent factors. Furthermore, we present evidence that the two demonstrative pronouns differ in the duration of their discourse structuring capacity in the unfolding text.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Fuchs, Melanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schumacher, Petra B. petra.schumacher@uni-koeln.de orcid.org/0000-0003-0263-8502 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-376998
DOI:	10.5281/zenodo.4055826
Journal or Publication Title:	Demonstratives in Discourse
Page Range:	pp. 185-213
Date:	September 2020
Publisher:	Language Science Press
Place of Publication:	Berlin
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 3: Deutsche Sprache und Literatur > Institut für Deutsche Sprache und Literatur I Collaborative Research Centers > CRC 1252: Prominence in Language > TP C07
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/37699