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Volume 21, Issue 2
  • ISSN 1387-9316
  • E-ISSN: 1569-996X

Abstract

Abstract

This paper examines backgrounding strategies for human agents in Catalan Sign Language, that is, constructions featuring human agents that are non-referential. We identify and analyze four types of agent-backgrounding strategies: subjectless constructions, indefinite pronouns, the impersonal axis, and general nouns. Extending on previous work, we offer a description and a semantico-pragmatic analysis of each construction.

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2019-03-22
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