In addition to a referring function , noun phrases ( NP ) can also serve communicative goals such as providing new information about the referent and expressing the speaker 's emotional attitude towards the referent ( Appelt , 1985 ; Jordan , 2000 ) .
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In addition to a referring function , noun phrases ( NP ) can also serve communicative goals such as providing new information about the referent and expressing the speaker 's emotional attitude towards the referent ( Appelt , 1985 ; Jordan , 2000 ) . In Example ( 1 ) below , the part in italics refers to an object in a museum , and the part in boldface provides additional information about it .
In addition to a referring function , noun phrases ( NP ) can also serve communicative goals such as providing new information about the referent and expressing the speaker 's emotional attitude towards the referent ( Appelt , 1985 ; @@CITATION ) .