Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages 1
2. Table of contents 5
3. Introduction 7
4. Referring Expressions and the +/- Coreference Distinction 13
5. Inferring Identifiability and Accessibility 37
6. Animacy in Grammar and Discourse 47
7. Cognitive Ontology and NP Form 65
8. Accessing Contexts with Intonation 89
9. Written Discourse Segmentation 113
10. Relevance Theory Meets the Giveness Hierarchy. An Account of Inferrables 141
11. On Accessibility and Coherence 155
12. Word Order and Cognitive Status in Mandarin 179
13. The ‘price tag’ on Knowledge Activation in Discourse Processing 193
14. Generic Sentences are Topic Constructions 213
15. Prosodic Cues to Accessibility 223
16. The Game of the Name 235
17. The Interpretation of Empty Pronouns in Vietnamese 251
18. The Effect of Genre on Referential Choice 263
19. A Bilateral Approach to Giveness 291
20. Index of Subjects 307
21. Index of Names 311