2024
DOI: 10.1075/pbns.344.02ewi
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Elusive referentiality and allusive reference in Indonesian conversation

Michael C. Ewing

Abstract: This chapter examines referential practices in a corpus of colloquial Indonesian conversation and attempts to address the question: “Does referentiality matter to speakers?” I take referentiality to be a multi-dimensional phenomenon involving (at least) whether referents are construed as general or particular and whether they are tracked through discourse. Through close examination of excerpts from conversational interaction, I show that there is often a blurring between the general and the particular, that re… Show more

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