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The Prime Minister, Ingvar Carlsson, He or Ingvar? Anaphoric Expressions in Newspaper Discourse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2008

Per Ledin
Per Ledin
Affiliation:
Department of Scandinavian Languages, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Email: per.ledin@nordiska.su.se
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Abstract

This paper deals with anaphoric expressions in news reports. It is argued that many aspects of discourse anaphora cannot be accounted for within the dominant cognitive paradigm, where anaphoric NPs are conceived of as representations of invariant and universal psychological phenomena. As demonstrated in the paper, anaphoric NPs are intertwined with different social and ideological processes. Anaphoric NPs can for example be used to individuate the main character to a lesser or greater degree, a use that in turn can be seen as a manifestation of basic news values, such as personalization and objectivity.

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Research Article
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , June 1996 , pp. 55 - 80
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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