Demonstrative Anaphors in Hindi Newspaper Reportage: a corpus-based study

Sinha, Srija

ISBN 10: 3895860344 / ISBN 13: 9783895860348

Published by LINCOM publishers, 2007

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• Title: Demonstrative Anaphors in Hindi Newspaper Reportage: a corpus-based study
• Publisher: LINCOM publishers
• Publication Date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 3895860344
• ISBN 13: 9783895860348
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very good

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Synopsis

The purpose of this study has been to investigate, using the methodology of corpus linguistics, the phenomenon of discourse anaphora in Hindi, focussing on demonstrative elements. This research also evaluates the potential effectiveness of an annotation scheme for Hindi, which is based on the distinctive-feature paradigm, and has been developed in this study relying essentially on Botley's (2000) annotation scheme devised for English. The study begins with a literature review, and an examination of approaches to demonstrative anaphors, which presents the key facts and points of interest concerning demonstrative forms in Hindi, and reviews an existing model (Botley, 2000). Botley's work provides the blueprint for the annotation scheme for Hindi demonstratives used in this dissertation. A subsequent pilot study introduces refinements and alterations in the scheme for an adequate description of Hindi demonstratives, and shows how the use of this annotation scheme enables the categorization of demonstrative use with a high degree of precision, simultaneously highlighting key issues and limitations of the study. The study continues with a comprehensive and detailed report of the construction and annotation of a 100,000-word Hindi corpus, which is comprised of newspaper articles.