| 释义 |
referentiality, n.|rɛfərɛnʃɪˈælɪtɪ|
[f. referential a. + -ity.]
The fact or quality of being referential or of having a referent, esp. (in Literary Theory) of having the external world, rather than the text, language, etc., as referent.
1976J. Culler in Mod. Lang. Notes XCI. 1383 Whenever a work seems to be referring to the world one can..postpone the referentiality of the fiction to another moment or another level. 1977N. Rojas (title) Referentiality in Spanish noun phrases. 1985Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics XXX. 343 Were this claim to be true, then syntactic research would be limited..to..making superficial observations about..pronouns and agreement, definiteness and referentiality. 1986Jefferson & Robey Mod. Lit. Theory (ed. 2) i. 33 In poetic language referentiality is irrelevant and the emphasis is on the means of expression itself. 1988Times Lit. Suppl. 24 June 705/1 The customary oppositions of truth and error, referentiality and non-referentiality..and of fact and fiction have been constantly ‘called into question’..in his own writings. |