| Lemma | referring |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Dik (1989) |
| Titolo | The theory of functional grammar. Part I: the structure of the clause |
| Sinonimi | |
| Rinvii | predicating (inglese) predication (inglese) |
| Traduzioni | |
| Citazioni | The predication may be understood in terms of the two basic acts of “referring” and “predicating” […]. Referring means pinpointing some entity about which something is to be predicated; predicating means assigning properties and relations to such entities.
In accordance with our general view of verbal interaction, referring will here be interpreted as a pragmatic, cooperative action of a Speaker in a pattern of communication between Speaker and Addressee, according to the model:
(1) S refers A to E by means of T
where T is some term, and E some entity. |