I begin with a summary of Ariel's book, which outlines her main thesis, the relationship which she proposes between Relevance Theory and Accessibility Theory, her scale of accessibility and her method for constructing such a scale. I then show that her arguments for constructing such a scale are not as satisfying at they appear to be and that accounting for the use of referring expressions does not necessarily require the use of such an Accessibility theory. Finally, I show that the notion of accessibility which Ariel uses throughout her book is far from convincing, firstly because it neglects the referring ability of noun phrases and secondly because it fails to account for the use of referring expressions by not taking adequate account of...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
Reference is of fundamental importance in natural language semantics. In Formal Semantics, reference...
In two papers, Tasmowski-De Ryck and Verluyten discussed the possibility of reference without lingui...
I begin with a summary of Ariel's book, which outlines her main thesis, the relationship which she p...
This paper applies Ariel's (1990) Accessibility Theory to two French anaphors: il and celui-ci. Its ...
This paper applies Ariel's (1990) Accessibility Theory to two French anaphors: il and celui-ci. Its ...
Accessibility theory (Ariel, 1988; Gundel, Hedberg, & Zacharski, 1993) proposes that the grammat...
Accessibility theory (Ariel, 1988; Gundel, Hedberg, & Zacharski, 1993) proposes that the grammat...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
Focusing on the discourse conditions that license the use of null subjects (pro) in Greek and Italia...
Focusing on the discourse conditions that license the use of null subjects (pro) in Greek and Italia...
Accessibility theory associates more complex referring expressions with less accessible referents. F...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
Reference is of fundamental importance in natural language semantics. In Formal Semantics, reference...
In two papers, Tasmowski-De Ryck and Verluyten discussed the possibility of reference without lingui...
I begin with a summary of Ariel's book, which outlines her main thesis, the relationship which she p...
This paper applies Ariel's (1990) Accessibility Theory to two French anaphors: il and celui-ci. Its ...
This paper applies Ariel's (1990) Accessibility Theory to two French anaphors: il and celui-ci. Its ...
Accessibility theory (Ariel, 1988; Gundel, Hedberg, & Zacharski, 1993) proposes that the grammat...
Accessibility theory (Ariel, 1988; Gundel, Hedberg, & Zacharski, 1993) proposes that the grammat...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
Focusing on the discourse conditions that license the use of null subjects (pro) in Greek and Italia...
Focusing on the discourse conditions that license the use of null subjects (pro) in Greek and Italia...
Accessibility theory associates more complex referring expressions with less accessible referents. F...
This chapter reviews recent research on speakers’ referential choices in discourse. It focuses on th...
Reference is of fundamental importance in natural language semantics. In Formal Semantics, reference...
In two papers, Tasmowski-De Ryck and Verluyten discussed the possibility of reference without lingui...