Pronominalization
Pronominalizations ( Latin pro “for”, noun “name, description”) replace other parts of a sentence with pronouns or pro forms . Nouns or complex structures such as entire sentences or syntagms are replaced .
The substitute (Latin: "the substitute", also: substitute) is the linguistic construction that can replace another from the same linguistic category (depending on the context). The replaced element, in turn, is called the substituendum (Latin: “that which is to be replaced”). The substituent can replace nouns, noun phrases, sentences or entire sentence sequences.
Substituents and substituents relate to one another, so they are co- referent . Pronominalization is therefore an important means of maintaining the coherence within a text, promoting the recipient's understanding and structuring the text economically .
As a rule, it is a forward pronounalization, so the direction of reference is backwards, i.e. H. cataphoric . In contrast, the anaphoric reference to a subsequent substituendum is called backward pronounization.
The process of pronominalization is called pronominalization transformation in transformation grammar . A reference form (substituent) substitutes a noun phrase (substituendum) if the two constituents are co- referent.
Examples
- Magda came home late. She was tired. - She's replacing Magda
- The fans from Leipzig drove to Hamburg for the international match. They loved it. - It replaces the noun phrase Die Fans from Leipzig
- It was a long and arduous walk through the mountains. Most of them thought differently. - That replaces a complex expression
- She sets the table. Susanne makes an effort. - Rückwärtspronominalisierung you → Susanne
- Mr. Huber comes from Wetzlar. He will be with us on the weekend. - Forward pronounalization Mr. Huber → Er
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- Helmut Glück (Ed.): Metzler Lexicon Language . Stuttgart: Metzler 2000 ISBN 347601519X