From cognitive semantics to lexical pragmatics : the functional polysemy of discourse particles / by Kerstin Fischer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Kerstin, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Polysemy.

Pragmatics.

Physical Description:

ix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : M. de Gruyter, 2000.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The domain 1

1.2.1 Semantic properties 16

1.2.2 Functional properties 18

1.2.3 Form-related properties 23

1.3 Corpora 27

1.3.1 The German corpora 29

1.3.2 The English corpora 34

1.4.1 Interpretative methods 36

1.4.2 Quantitative and computational methods 55

1.4.3 Linguistic models 58

1.5 The structure of the following 60

2 Contexts and categories: Functional interpretation 65

2.1 The functional spectrum of German ja 68

2.2 Category assignment 97

2.2.1 The descriptive inventory 99

2.2.2 Classification in artificial neural networks 110

2.3 Consequences for lexical representation: Constructions 120

3 Conceptual background frame: Evidence from extra-linguistic variables 125

3.1 The variable communication partner 126

3.2 The variable speaker's gender 157

3.2.1 Ah and ahm in human-to-human communication 157

3.2.2 Gender-related functional shifts in human-computer interaction 166

3.3 Consequences for lexical representation: Conceptual background frame 175

3.3.1 The relation lexeme

function 176

3.3.2 A frame of communicative domains 178

4 Lexical analysis 195

4.1 Semantic relations 197

4.1.1 Translation equivalents 199

4.1.2 Semantic fields 207

4.2 Semantic decomposition 219

4.2.1 Methodological considerations 219

4.2.2 Semantic tests for discourse particles 223

4.2.3 English oh 226

4.2.4 Tests for the features of oh 232

4.2.5 Further English discourse particles 239

4.3 Consequences for lexical representation: Invariant meanings 258

5 Lexical representation 261

5.1 A unified model of the meanings and functions of discourse particles 261

5.1.1 The contextual meanings of discourse particles 262

5.1.2 From contextual meanings to discourse functions 270

5.1.3 The different word classes 275

5.1.4 The general function of discourse particles 277

5.2 Aspects of the lexicon 284

5.2.1 General properties of linguistic lexica 285

5.2.2 The structure of lexical entries 289

5.2.3 Types of lexical information 292

5.2.4 Linguistic generalisations in ILEX/DATR 296

5.3 A frame- and construction-based lexicon for discourse particles 300

6.1 From cognitive semantics to lexical pragmatics 321

6.2 Automatic processing of discourse particles 323

Appendix B DATR Program 359.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-356) and index.

ISBN:

3110168766

OCLC:

44702215