First person zero anaphor as a cognitive unit in Chinese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5122842 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xueliang Xiong (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 383-401 |
| Publication date | 1998-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | WORD (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-7956 • E-ISSN: 2373-5112 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00437956.1998.11432479 |
| OpenAlex | W2490651662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
The Chinese modesty-oriented first person zero anaphora occurs at a very high percentage in the data collected and is hence addressed in this article as a grammaticalizable phenomenon which combines a zero (a phonologically null argument form) appearing in the subject position with "modesty" and "shyness" semantic specifications as part of the Chinese "self-denigration and respect for others" ideology. Conventional approaches to anaphora such as anaphoric binding, topical continuity, and processing effort economy cannot properly account for such an unusual discourse phenomenon. Therefore a cognitive grammatical framework, assuming the fossilization of sufficient accessibility of the zero to the grammatical knowledge structure as the mental context, is proposed in this article. This approach explains the phenomenon as resulting from some multi-constraints at the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and socio-psychological representational levels
Anaphora (linguistics · Argument (complex analysis · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Zero (linguistics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Human behavior and the principle of least effort
Observations and speculations on subjectivity
Some Iconic Relationships Among Place, Time, and Discourse Deixis
Course in General Linguistics
Competing motivations
The savage gift
The management of reference in Mandarin discourse
Comprehension and use of anaphoric devices in young and older adults
Anaphoric procedures in four text types written by children
The Syntax and Pragmatics of Anaphora
Interpreting anaphoric expressions
Iconicity in Syntax
Pragmatic reduction of the Binding Conditions revisited
Conceptual Reference Points
Diphthongization
Cognitive Status and the Form of Referring Expressions in Discourse
Anaphor Binding and Narrative Point of View
A Pragmatic Analysis of So-Called Anaphoric Islands
Iconicity, isomorphism, and non-arbitrary coding in syntax
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2006 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |