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Author Giorgi, Alessandra.

Title About the speaker : towards a syntax of indexicality / Alessandra Giorgi.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 230 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 28
Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; 28.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-223) and indexes.
Summary Alessandra Giorgi considers the semantic and syntactic nature of indexicals: linguistic expressions whose reference shifts from utterance to utterance.
Contents General Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The speaker's projection; 3 Can we ever see the speaker's coordinates in the C-layer?; 4 Is the speaker there? An analysis of some anomalous contexts; 5 Depending on the future: the speaker changes her perspective; 6 When somebody else is speaking: Free Indirect Discourse; 7 Concluding Remarks; References; Index of Subjects; Index of Names.
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Subject Indexicals (Semantics)
Indexicals (Semantics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Giorgi, Alessandra. About the speaker. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199571901 (OCoLC)435730856
ISBN 9780191573385 (electronic book)
0191573388 (electronic book)
9780199571895 (acid-free paper)
0199571899
0199571902 (paperback : acid-free paper)
9780199571901 (paperback)
Standard No. 9786612383632