Open AccessPerforming Anaphora in Modern Greek: A Neo-Gricean Pragmatic Analysis
Author(s) -
Michael Chiou
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research in language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2083-4616
pISSN - 1731-7533
DOI - 10.2478/v10015-012-0029-1
Subject(s) - anaphora (linguistics) , pragmatics , linguistics , syntax , computer science , resolution (logic) , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , philosophy
The paper addresses the problem of interpreting anaphoric NPs in Modern Greek. It includes a proposal of a novel analysis based on the systematic interaction of the neo- Gricean pragmatic principles of communication, which provides a neat and elegant approach to NP-anaphora resolution. The findings of this study provide evidence for an account of NP-anaphora in terms of the division of labour between syntax and pragmatics and more accurately in terms of the systematic interaction of the neo-Gricean pragmatic principles