| TOPICCOPY {MoLE} | R Documentation |
Make anaphoric copy of topic
Description
Make verb-adjacent anaphoric copy of contrastive topic. Only applies if topics are moved to first position (after this generalization is made).
Usage
TOPICCOPY(speakerID, proposition)
Arguments
speakerID |
Pointer to speaker agent |
proposition |
Proposition that agent is formulating |
Details
Anaphoric copies only need to distinguish topic from other argument for reestablished/non-continuous topics (cf. Givon)
Value
a proposition, i.e. a list:
external |
representation of the external argument, possibly including role marking |
internal |
representation of the internal argument, if identified, possibly including role marking |
verb |
representation of the action argument, possibly including person indexing |
target |
target event to be described |
Author(s)
Sander Lestrade
References
T. Givon (1976), "Topic, pronoun, and grammatical agreement", In: C. Li (Ed.), Subject and topic, New York, etc.: Academic Press, Inc, 149-188.
See Also
TOPICFIRST
Examples
FOUND()
situation=SITUATION(1)
proposition=PROPOSITION(1, situation)
proposition$verb$topic=0; if('internal'%in%names(proposition)){proposition$internal$topic=0}
proposition$external$topic=1; proposition$external$recency=10
world$topicCopy=FALSE
proposition=TOPICFIRST(1, proposition)
PRODUCE(1, proposition)
proposition=TOPICCOPY(1, proposition)
PRODUCE(1, proposition)