Pragmatic constraints on co-reference : some considerations on metonymy

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https://doi.org/10.25267/Pragmalinguistica.2004.i12.02

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No. 12: 2004
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15-26
Published: 01-12-2004
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  • José Luis Berbeira Gardón (ES) University of Cádiz
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This paper sets out to set the grounds for the analysis of predicate transfer in metonymic utterances within the rele­vance-theoretic framework. We suggest that the apparent lack of coreference in certain cases is due to a series of pragmatic restrictions controlled by the principie of relevance.

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predicate transfer Google Schoolar
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Berbeira Gardón, J. L. (2004). Pragmatic constraints on co-reference : some considerations on metonymy. Pragmalingüística, (12), 15–26. https://doi.org/10.25267/Pragmalinguistica.2004.i12.02

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