Publication: Managing expectations: Referential expectedness and uncertainty in a syntactically flexible language
Managing expectations: Referential expectedness and uncertainty in a syntactically flexible language
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Ma, G. C. L., & Mansfield, J. (2024). Managing expectations: Referential expectedness and uncertainty in a syntactically flexible language. Studies in Language, online. https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.23031.ma
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One of the central goals of human language is to convey intended messages successfully to the addressee. Howeve communication inherently involves uncertainty or unexpectedness which hinders this delivery. Different languages have different strategies to manage unexpectedness. In this article, we explore the strategies used in Murrinhpatha, an Australian Aboriginal language with highly flexible syntax, that is, free constituent order and frequent NP omission. We argue that Murrinhpatha speakers utilise the language’s syntactic flexibil
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- Ma, Giovanni Chun Long
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Ma, G. C. L., & Mansfield, J. (2024). Managing expectations: Referential expectedness and uncertainty in a syntactically flexible language. Studies in Language, online. https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.23031.ma
