INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
REFERENCE AND DISCOURSE STRUCTURE
Stuttgart - January 15 - 17. 2010
The starting point for the conference’s theme is the connection between the discourse structure and the use of referring
expressions. It is well recognized in the literature that the discourse affects the interpretation of referring expressions and the
space of anaphoric accessibility and that the use of referring expressions restricts the set of possible discourse interpretations.
During the conference we will explore four related topics in order to a chieve a broad crosslinguistic understanding of reference in
discourse in natural languages. For a info-pamphlet click here (.pdf)
Topics:
- Discourse and reference
- Specificity
- Point of view
- Discourse particles
Invited speakers:
- Jeannete Gundel
- Elsi Kaiser
- Tania Ionin
- Henk Zeevat
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