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A Theory of Indexical Shift

A Theory of Indexical Shift PDF Author: Amy Rose Deal
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262359138
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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A comprehensive overview of the semantics and syntax of indexical shift that develops a constrained typology of the phenomenon across languages. The phenomenon of indexical shift--whereby indexicals embedded in speech or attitude reports draw their meaning from an attitude event rather than the utterance context--has been reported in languages spanning five continents and at least ten language families. In this book, Amy Rose Deal offers a comprehensive overview of the semantics and syntax of indexical shift and develops a constrained typology of the phenomenon across languages--a picture of variation that is both rich enough to capture the known facts and restrictive enough to make predictions about currently unknown data points.