Contributions To Functional Syntax Semantics And Language Comprehension

Author : Petr Sgall
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027279651

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Contributions to Functional Syntax, Semantics and Language Comprehension by Petr Sgall Pdf

This volume presents a rather complete survey of the research activities of the Prague group of algebraic linguistics. Some of the papers included bear witness to the fact that algebraic linguistics, or the formal description of language, is not the only domain in which the Prague group is active. Typological and empirically oriented discussions are represented as well, and so are accounts of some of the experimental systems from the domains of computational linguistics and natural language comprehension. Most of the papers included here have been published (partly in Czech) in periodicals and miscellanies, some of which are not easily accessible; a smaller part consists of papers written specifically for the present volume. The volume is divided into four sections, the first of which contains generally oriented papers. The second section consists of contributions devoted to the core of the empirical problems of sentence structure. The third section includes papers concerning specific questions of the syntax of Czech, and section four is oriented towards the experimental systems prepared by the Prague group.

Author : Petr Sgall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Czech language
ISBN : OCLC:12617051

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Contributions to Functional Syntax, Semantics, and Language Comprehension by Petr Sgall Pdf

Author : Ferenc Kiefer,István Kenesei,Robert M. Harnish
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027251096

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Perspectives on Semantics, Pragmatics, and Discourse by Ferenc Kiefer,István Kenesei,Robert M. Harnish Pdf

Professor Ferenc Kiefer of the Linguistics Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences was instrumental in bringing early transformational grammar to Europe. His extensive work contributes substantially to making a connection between the grammatical theory and other areas of linguistics. The 17 essays in this book celebrate his career by continuing to explore inter-area research in linguistics: pragmatics in grammar (de Groot, van Riemsdijk, Dressler & Barbaresi, Comrie), semantic compositionality and pragmatics (Wunderlich, Partee, Borschev, Szabo, Bach), logical structures and universals in semantics and pragmatics (van der Auwera, Bultinck, Burton-Roberts, Harnish, Wierzbicka) dialogue and thematic structure (Jonasson, Doherty, Hajicova, Panevova, Sgall, Allwood, Fraser).

Author : Hajičová, Eva
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9788024637143

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Syntax–Semantics Interface by Hajičová, Eva Pdf

The volume SYNTAX-SEMANTICS INTERFACE is a collection of selected studies written by Eva Hajičová and published between the years 1973 and 2014. The contributions are based on the theoretical framework of the Functional Generative Description as proposed by Petr Sgall in early sixties and developed further by him and his followers since then. Thematically, the volume reflects the author’s research contributions to four main domains: (i) the specification of the underlying (deep) sentence structure (analyzed in terms of dependency relations), (ii) the information structure of the sentence (topic-focus articulation) and its relation to the specification of presupposition and negation and to other related phenomena, (iii) building of a scheme of annotated corpus of Czech to serve among other things for verification of linguistic theoretical claims, and (iv) some fundamental aspects of discourse structure, namely the notion of the hiearachy of elements in the stock of knowledge shared by the speaker and the hearer. All the papers except for one have been originally published in English and in they pay due respect to a comparison of the author’s original findings with the currrent state-of-the-art of linguistic theory at home and abroad.

Author : John H. Connolly
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110875836

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Constituent Order in Functional Grammar by John H. Connolly Pdf

The purpose of the present work is to explore the description of Constituent Ordering (CO) within the Functional Grammar (FG) framework. The aim is to show how it is possible to achieve a comprehensive description of CO and of CO change which takes properly into account not only the formal or structural properties of ordering but also the part which CO plays in linguistic communication.

Author : Stanley E. Porter,Matthew Brook O'Donnell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567709868

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Discourse Analysis and the Greek New Testament by Stanley E. Porter,Matthew Brook O'Donnell Pdf

This volume examines and outlines a Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) model of discourse analysis and its relationship to New Testament Greek. The book reflects upon how SFL has grown as a field since it was first introduced to New Testament Greek studies by Stanley E. Porter in the 1980s. Porter and Matthew Brook O'Donnell first introduce basic concepts regarding discourse analysis and the major approaches towards it within New Testament studies. They then provide a detailed exploration of discourse analysis in terms of the textual metafunction, beginning with an introduction to the architecture of language within SFL, before exploring several individual elements within it. By focusing upon these individual components – in particular, theme and information structure, markedness and prominence, and coherence and cohesive harmony – Porter and O'Donnell introduce and exemplify the major resources of the textual metafunction.

Author : Philip Luelsdorff
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027215505

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The Prague School of Structural and Functional Linguistics by Philip Luelsdorff Pdf

The importance of the Prague School for the rise of structuralism and for integration of the theoretical linguistics of today can hardly be overestimated. The volume brings together 13 papers showing the main results of the research of the Prague School and of its continuation in the domains of phonemics and written language, morphemics and word formation, lexicon, syntax and semantics, text structures, stylistics and typology. The authors all actively contributed to the domain they are treating here.

Author : Masaru Tomita
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461539865

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Current Issues in Parsing Technology by Masaru Tomita Pdf

Author : Eva Koktová
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027279323

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Sentence Adverbials in a Functional Description by Eva Koktová Pdf

The author presents empirical arguments in favor of a joint syntactico-semantic treatment, within the framework of a functional generative description, of a range of adverbial expressions which should be viewed as belonging to a single, lexically heterogeneous but functionally homogeneous, class exhibiting scoping properties and functioning as ‘complementation of attitude’ (CA). These CA-expressions do not only share their underlying functional properties but also certain surface-syntax properties.

Author : Teun A Van Dijk
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781446209943

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Discourse Studies by Teun A Van Dijk Pdf

"A landmark in the oeuvre of one of the founding fathers of discourse analysis. Van Dijk has managed to edit a volume of lasting significance, and some of the chapters in this book belong to the most widely read in the field. In its totality, Discourse Studies offers us a 360 degree tour of the field... Nothing in this volume is dated, everything remains mandatory reading for every student and advanced practicioner." - Jan Blommaert, Tilburg University "This very welcome updated second edition will allow Teun van Dijk′s very popular Discourse Studies to consolidate its already strong and central position in the area. Featuring chapters written by so many of the leading scholars it will continue to be a stimulating and wide-ranging introduction to the discipline of discourse studies for new generations of students." - Malcolm Coulthard, University of Birmingham This book is the largest, most complete, most diverse and only multidisciplinary introduction to the field. A combined Second Edition of two seminal texts in the field (the 1997 titles Discourse as Social Interaction and Discourse as Structure and Process) this essential handbook: Is fully updated from start to finish to cover contemporary debates and research literature. Covers everything from grammar, narrative, argumentation, cognition and pragmatics to social, political and critical approaches. Adds two new chapters on ideology and identity. Puts the student at the centre, offering brand new features such as worked examples, sample analyses and recommended further reading. Written and edited by world-class scholars in their fields, it is the essential, one-stop companion for any student of discourse analysis and discourse studies.

Author : Frank Brisard,Jan-Ola Östman,Jef Verschueren
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027289186

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Grammar, Meaning and Pragmatics by Frank Brisard,Jan-Ola Östman,Jef Verschueren Pdf

The ten volumes of Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While other volumes select philosophical, cognitive, cultural, social, variational, interactional, or discursive points of view, this fifth volume looks at the field of linguistic pragmatics from a primarily grammatical angle. That is, it asks in which particular sense a variety of older and more recent functional (rather than generative) models of grammar relate to the study of language in use: how this affects their general outlook on language structure, whether issues of language use inform the very makeup of these models or are merely included as possible research themes, and how far the actual integration of pragmatics ultimately goes (is it a module/layer or is the model truly “usage-based”?). Each of the authors presenting these models has taken systematic care to highlight the relevant problems and focus on the implications of considering pragmatic phenomena from the point of view of grammar. Furthermore, a limited number of chapters deal with traditional topics in the grammatical literature, and specifically those which are called pragmatic because they either are not strictly concerned with truth (semantics), or receive their (truth) value only from an interaction with context. In the introduction, these theories and topics are set up against the historical background of a gradually changing attitude, on the part of grammarians, towards questions of linguistic knowledge and behavior, and the role of learning in their relationship.

Author : Wojciech Buszkowski,Witold Marciszewski,J. F. A. K. van Benthem
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027215307

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Categorial Grammar by Wojciech Buszkowski,Witold Marciszewski,J. F. A. K. van Benthem Pdf

This book is devoted to the mathematical foundations of categorial grammar including type-theoretic foundations of mathematics, grammatical categories and other topics related to categorial grammar and to philosophical and linguistic applications of this framework. The volume consists of three parts. The first, introductory part, contains the editor's addresses and two survey chapters concerning the history (W. Marciszewski) and current trends of the discipline (J.van Benthem). The second part consists of 10 chapters devoted to categorial grammar proper, and the third part 7 chapters devoted to areas close to categorial grammar. Most of the contributions are original papers, but five of them are reprints of classics (M.J. Cresswell, P.T. Geach, H. Hiz, J. Lambek, T. Potts).

Author : Christiane Bongartz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110940718

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Noun Combination in Interlanguage by Christiane Bongartz Pdf

This monograph examines the effects of first language typology on the interlanguage of learners of English as a second language. Adapting William Rutherford's (1983) view of interlanguage as the typological intersection between the first language and the second language, the study demonstrates how first language effects subtly shape learner choices even at near native proficiency. Grounded in the tradition of transfer research and in the research program in generative grammar, the evidence presented shows the distribution of noun+noun compounds such as the love song and phrasal noun combinations such as the song about love in interlanguage data. These two patterns, it is argued, are systematically related by determiner properties and the process of noun incorporation. Obtained from a multi-task cross-sectional experiment, the data illustrates that learners with Czech as their first language use phrasal constructs (the song about love) significantly more often in production than learners with Mandarin Chinese as their first language, whose preferred choice are noun+noun compounds (the love song). The differences between the learner groups reflect the use of overt case marking in the first language Czech and the absence of overt case marking in the first language Mandarin Chinese.

Author : Anna Pompei,Lunella Mereu,Valentina Piunno
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110747997

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Light Verb Constructions as Complex Verbs by Anna Pompei,Lunella Mereu,Valentina Piunno Pdf

The notion of light verb constructions has been traditionally related to the ‘insignificance’ of the verb, which is described as a grammatical item only codifying TAM system and φ-features, whereas the whole predicative content is thought to be conveyed by the noun. This book deals with the light verb constructions as instances of complex verbs, intended as multi-predicational but monoclausal structures. This allows to deepen the actual verb lightness, the effective noun predicativity, as well as their effect on the cohesion of the construction. The papers in this volume reflect on the concrete contribution of noun and verb to the event and argument structure, and on the relevance of semantically different noun classes for the verb selection. From different theoretical approaches, data of a great variety of languages are investigated, such as Indo-European languages – both modern (Germanic, Slavic, Romance and Iranian languages) and ancient (Latin and Ancient Greek) – but also Mandarin Chinese, and different polysynthetic languages (e.g. Ket, Nivkh, Murrinh-Patha, Kiowa, Bininj Gun-wok, Ainu). The range of topics, languages and perspectives presented in this book make it of great interest to both theoretical and applied linguists.

Author : Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen,Kristin Davidse,Dirk Noël
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997-10-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027275905

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Reconnecting Language by Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen,Kristin Davidse,Dirk Noël Pdf

Although the contributors to this book do not belong to one particular ‘school’ of linguistic theory, they all share an interest in the external functions of language in society and in the relationship between these functions and internal linguistic phenomena. In this sense they all take a functional approach to grammatical issues. Apart from this common starting-point, the contributions share the aim of demonstrating the non-autonomous nature of morphology and syntax, and the inadequacy of linguistic models which deal with syntax, morphology and lexicon in separate, independent components. The recurrent theme throughout the book is the inseparability of lexis and morphosyntax, of structure and function, of grammar and society. The third and more specific common thread is case, which in some contributions is adduced to illustrate the more general point of the link between word form on the one hand and clausal and textual relations on the other hand, while in other papers it is at the centre of the discussion. The interest of the proposed volume consists in the fact that it brings together the views of leading scholars in functional linguistics of various ‘denominations’ on the place of morphosyntax in linguistic theory. The book provides convincing argumentation against a modular theory with autonomous levels (the dominant framework in mainstream 20th century linguistics) and is a plea for further research into the connections between the lexicogrammar and the linguistic and extralinguistic context.