Thematic Participants in a Kriol Story
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14860434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip L Graber (SIL International, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 209-227 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0920-9034 • E-ISSN: 1569-9870 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jpcl.2.2.05gra |
| OpenAlex | W1980125541 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Working on the assumption that meaningful choices made by a speaker are realized by linguistic devices in a text, this paper proceeds from an interpretation of a Kriol story to a partial explanation of that interpretation. The three parts of the article are divided as follows: part 1 outlines the contents of the story; part 2 examines the introduction of the main characters with the use of the near form of the demonstrative; part 3 looks at how the major participants are staged. The focus is on topicalization and on how the use of this and other devices contributes to the overall structure of the story
Cartography · Demonstrative · Focus (optics · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Sociology · Thematic map · Topicalization · Voice · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 1996 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |