Definiteness, Anaphora and Deixis of Old English Demonstratives

• 발행기관: 한국영어학학회
• 저자명: Yookang Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『영어학연구』영어학연구 제17권 3호, 1~28쪽, 전체 28쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.04.03

영문 초록

In Old English, there are two types of demonstratives: se-type and þes-type. According to traditional accounts, the se-type demonstratives are used to carry the sense of ‘the’ or ‘that’ while the other pes-type demonstratives have a deictic role expressing ‘this’. The purpose of this article is to investigate the semantic functions of the OE demonstratives with special attention to their semantic properties of definiteness, anaphora and deixis. Investigating the 545 demonstratives found in Beowulf, and employing three semantic features ([±Def, ±Phoric, ±Deict]) to characterize their semantic roles, this article manifests that the primary role of the OE demonstratives is anaphoric ([+Def, +Phoric, -Deict]) and their deictic function ([+Def, -Phoric, +Deict]) is marginal. This paper concentrates on the following points: Is the semantic opposition of the two types of OE demonstratives clear-cut?; What are the main linguistic roles of the two OE demonstratives? Are they deictic or anaphoric?; Are the OE demonstratives considered to be inherently definite?

목차

1. Introduction

2. Defining properties of Demonstratives: Definiteness, Anaphora, and Deixis

3. Semantic Functions of OE Demonstratives

4. Diachronic Process of OE Demonstratives

5. Summary and Conclusions

References

키워드

Old English demonstratives definiteness anaphora deixis Beowulf