An Integrated Approach to English Demonstratives: this and that

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Eunsuk Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제70호, 155~179쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.12.01

영문 초록

This paper attempts at an integrated approach to the various semantic properties of English demon- stratives this and that. According to previous scholars, a demonstrative has very diverse functions-spatial and temporal relations with the speaker, discourse deixis, the speaker s psychological and emotional expressions. This study reviews two representative approaches in order to see whether there are unified principles that can account for all those cases. First, the seman- tic/pragmatic approach tries to find the meanings of the demonstratives this and that from their basic semantic features, proximal/distal from the speaker, and second, the cognitive approach accounts for their meanings in consideration of the possibility of the hearer s cognitive processing. This paper discusses the merits and limitations of those two approaches, and proposes the following approach as an alternative: the proximal/distal demonstratives this and that are related with the speaker s and hearer s projection of focus onto the referent.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Numerous Usages of the Demonstratives This and That

3. A Semantic/Pragmatic Approach

4. A Cognitive Approach

5. An Integrated Approach

6. Conclusion

키워드

English demonstratives this and that semantic/pragmatic approach cognitive approach integrated approach