Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 606 views

    LINGUISTICS - Referring Expression

    Uploaded by

    Debri Gusni
    In linguistics, a referring expression (RE) is any noun phrase, or surrogate for a noun phrase, whose function in discourse is to identify some individual object.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    LINGUISTICS - Referring Expression

    Uploaded by

    Debri Gusni
    606 views13 pages
    In linguistics, a referring expression (RE) is any noun phrase, or surrogate for a noun phrase, whose function in discourse is to identify some individual object.

    Original Title

    PPT LINGUISTICS - Referring Expression

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    In linguistics, a referring expression (RE) is any noun phrase, or surrogate for a noun phrase, whose function in discourse is to identify some individual object.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    606 views13 pages

    LINGUISTICS - Referring Expression

    Uploaded by

    Debri Gusni
    In linguistics, a referring expression (RE) is any noun phrase, or surrogate for a noun phrase, whose function in discourse is to identify some individual object.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 13

    CHAPTER IV

    REFERRING EXPRESSIONS

    GROUP 3
    1. AMERA GITA TRISNAWAN (1520084007)

    2. YANIDYA ULFA RISANTI (1520084016)


    3. ASIH DWI PRISDIYANTI (1520084017)
    REFERRING EXPRESSION

    A referring expression is any expression used in an utterance to


    refer to something or someone (Hurford, et al.: 2007).

    Example :

    1. Fred hit me.

    2. Rania is friendly.

    3. She is studying Semantics.


    1. Is Fred in “There is no Fred in this address.” a referring
    expression?

    No

    Because in this case a speaker would not have a particular person


    in mind in uttering the word.
    REFERRING EXPRESSION (cntd)

    A referring expression is a noun phrase.

    e.g.
    Definite - John is my bestfriend
    - The man who shot
    (specific) Abraham Lincoln was an
    unemployed actor.

    Noun phrase

    Indefinite e.g.
    A man was in here looking for
    (not specific) you last night.
    REFERRING EXPRESSION (cntd)

    Usually, referring expression uses definite noun phrases.

    However, not all definite noun phrases are referring expression.

    For instance, the person who cut the victim into pieces in “The
    person who cut the victim into pieces must be insane.”
    Note:
    Different expressions referring to the same thing/person do not
    always have the same meaning.
    e.g. Negeri Sakura and Negeri Matahari Terbit refer to the same
    country, Japan.
    Negeri Sakura: A country which is famous with sakura.
    Negeri matahari terbit: A country which is located in East (A place
    where the sun starts rising)
    Negara Maritim and Jamrud Khatulistiwa = Indonesia
    OPAQUE CONTEXT

    Opaque context is a sentence which has a blank, when the blank


    is completed by two different expressions that have same referent; the
    sentence would have different meanings.
    Typically opaque context involve a certain kind of verbs, such as want,
    believe, and wonder about.

    e.g
    George believes that ... is a genius.
    Mrs. Smith wants that ... will be successful.
    PART OF REFERRING
    SENTENCE EXPRESSIO SENTENCE
    N

    Uttered in a given situation


    OPAQUE SAME DIFFERENT
    CONTEXT REFERENT MEANING

    PART OF REFERRING
    SENTENCE EXPRESSIO SENTENCE
    N
    Lois believes Lois believes
    that ... is an that SBY
    SBY is an ex-
    ex-president

    Uttered in a given situation


    president.

    OPAQUE SAME DIFFERENT


    CONTEXT REFERENT MEANING

    Lois believes Lois believes


    that ... is an that Obama
    Obama is an ex-
    ex-president
    president.
    EQUATIVE SENTENCE

    An equative sentence is one which is used to declare that


    two referring expressions found in the sentence have the same
    referent.

    e.g.

    1. Donal Trump is the president of the USA.

    2. The tall boy standing there is Nancy’s fiancé.


    Equative sentence is reversible

    e.g.
    The sentence
    Sultan Hassanudin is the hero called Ayam Jantan dari Timur
    has the same meaning as
    The hero called Ayam Jantan dari Timur is Sultan Hassanudin.
    REMEMBER!
    The reversal test is not a perfect diagnostic test for determining
    equative sentences.

    e.g.
    1. What we need is a demrocratic government. (Reversible, but NOT
    equative)
    2. That is the man who kidnapped the activists. (Equative, but NOT
    reversible)

    You might also like

    pFad - Phonifier reborn

    Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

    Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


    Alternative Proxies:

    Alternative Proxy

    pFad Proxy

    pFad v3 Proxy

    pFad v4 Proxy