LINGUIST List 22.131 Fri Jan 07 2011 Books: Syntax: Chiou Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Chris Humphrey , NP-Anaphora in Modern Greek: Chiou Message 1: NP-Anaphora in Modern Greek: Chiou Date: 23-Dec-2010 From: Chris Humphrey <chumphreyc-s-p.org> Subject: NP-Anaphora in Modern Greek: Chiou E-mail this message to a friend Title: NP-Anaphora in Modern Greek Subtitle: A Partial Neo-Gricean Pragmatic Approach Published: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing                 http://www.c-s-p.org Author: Michael Chiou Hardback: ISBN: 9781443818612 Pages: 250 Price: U.K. £ 29.99 Abstract: Anaphora is one of the most fascinating linguistic phenomena as it constitutes a unique and universal property of human language. Every single natural language provides linguistic means which facilitate speakers to refer to entities in the world. The understanding of the complexity of anaphora and of the problems surrounding it will ameliorate our understanding of the nature of human languages. This explains why anaphora constitutes a central research topic in contemporary linguistic science. This study examines the phenomenon of NP-anaphora with the main focus on modern Greek. By maintaining the empirical and theoretical benefits of the classical generative approach to binding, in this study we propose a partial pragmatic reduction of the interpretation of NP-anaphora in modern Greek in terms of the neo-Gricean pragmatic principles of communication. The proposed analysis is articulated on the following basis: it is argued that the choice of anaphoric expressions and their interpretation by Greek speakers and addressees respectively is heavily dependent on preference, which is regulated by principles of language use and communication. Therefore, by employing a model, which is based on the systematic interaction of the neo-Gricean pragmatic principles of communication, we provide a neat and more elegant approach to NP-anaphora resolution for modern Greek. In a nutshell, this study offers a quite new perspective into the study of NP-anaphora in modern Greek but it is also a little step towards a better understanding of the phenomenon of anaphora across languages. Linguistic Field(s): Syntax Subject Language(s): Greek (ell) Written In: English (eng ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=52430 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com ---------------------- Other Supporting Publishers ---------------------- Page Updated: 07-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.