A Cross-Linguistic Exploration of Context Updating Mechanisms

Bai, Xue

dc.contributor.author	Bai, Xue
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-09T13:26:11Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-09T13:26:11Z
dc.date.issued	2021	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.17875/gup2021-1593
dc.format.extent	159	de
dc.format.medium	Print	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Göttinger Schriften zur Englischen Philologie	de
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de
dc.subject.ddc	420
dc.title	A Cross-Linguistic Exploration of Context Updating Mechanisms	de
dc.type	monograph	de
dc.price.print	30,00
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:gbv:7-isbn-978-3-86395-491-8-9
dc.description.print	Softcover, 17x24	de
dc.subject.division	peerReviewed	de
dc.relation.isbn-13	978-3-86395-491-8
dc.identifier.articlenumber	8102142	de
dc.identifier.intern	isbn-978-3-86395-491-8	de
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume	013	de
dc.subject.bisac	LAN000000
dc.subject.vlb	564
dc.subject.bic	C
dc.description.abstracteng	Presupposition is what people make use of on a daily basis. It is therefore crucial to comprehend how a presupposition gets projected in a sentence. This thesis focuses on three major presupposition projection mechanisms, namely left-right asymmetric, symmetric and hierarchical approaches. For the reason that the majority of previous research is undertaken on the basis of English data, this thesis evaluates these mechanisms employing Japanese and Chinese empirical evidence. The analyses and experimental data in this thesis confirm that, firstly, the left-right asymmetric account which is substantiated by English empirical evidence is not tenable in Japanese and Chinese. Secondly, the symmetric approach appears to be promising in both English and Japanese, though it has not been sufficiently investigated. Thirdly, the hierarchical framework can account for English, Japanese and Chinese empirical evidence preliminarily. Much more attention should be paid to the hierarchical approach to presupposition projection in further studies. Further investigation into this topic can deepen the comprehension of human language and language processing.	de
dc.notes.vlb-print	lieferbar
dc.intern.doi	10.17875/gup2021-1593	de
dc.identifier.purl	http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?univerlag-isbn-978-3-86395-491-8
dc.format.chapters	-	de
dc.intern.asin	3863954912

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