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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