When indexicals target discursively subsidiary information: How foregrounding and backgrounding in discourse affect indexical reference

Adopting Berrendonner’s (1990; fc.) distinction between “micro-syntax” and “macro-syntax”, as well as the orthogonal one between foregrounded and backgrounded discourse segments (cf. Khalil, 2005), this paper aims to examine certain “non-canonical” interactions amongst these domains. In particular,...

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Published in:	Discours
Main Author:	Francis Cornish
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Presses universitaires de Caen 2009-05-01
Subjects:	discourse anaphora macro-syntax foregrounding backgrounding micro-syntax
Online Access:	https://journals.openedition.org/discours/6152