Discourse and meaning : papers in honor of Eva Hajičová / edited by Barbara H. Partee, Petr Sgall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hajičová, Eva.

Partee, Barbara Hall.

Sgall, Petr, 1926-2019.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Semantics.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Translating and interpreting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of papers in honor of Eva Hajicová, who represents the continuation of the Prague School tradition in the methodological context of formal and computational linguistics. Her broadly acknowledged contribution to syntax, topic-focus studies, discourse analysis and natural language processing is reflected in the papers by 30 authors, divided in five sections (Discourse, Meaning, Focus, Translation, Structure).

Contents:

DISCOURSE AND MEANING PAPERS IN HONOR OF EVA HAJICOVÁ; Title page; Copyright page; Preface; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Tabula gratulatoria; 1. FOREWORD; Although her life with us has not been easy; 2. DISCOURSE; Non-propositional encoding of discourse categories; Introduction; 1. Metinformation; 2. Interpersonal factors; 3. Point of view; 4. Conclusion; Notes; References; The content and form of illocutionary acts; References; The sublanguage paradigm: A comprehensive theory of linguistic activity; Basic frame; Some characteristics of sublanguages; The most significant characteristic of sublanguages

Neural backgroundSome historical notes and a framework; Multiplicity of sublanguage phenomena; Sublanguage investigations; The sublanguage paradigm and multilingualism; References; Knowledge negotiation; Introduction; 1. Knowledge transmission; 2. Knowledge transmission situations; 3. Negotiated knowledge; 4. Determinacy negotiation and determinacy textualization; 5. Conclusion; Note; References; 3. MEANING; Allegation and local accommodation; Introduction; 1. Hajicová's and Heim's proposals; 2. The relation between allegation and local accommodation; 3. Recursive structure; Notes; References

Remarks on substance, function and form1. Linguistic form and function should be systematically related to biological substance in the brain; 2. The clarification of the issues; 3. The specifics of the communicatively functional approaches; References; Three kinds of using the identity sign; 1. Apparatus; a. Constructions; b. Ramified hierarchy of types; c. Epistemic base; d. Abbreviations; e. Intensions; 2. Concept; 3. Identities; 4. Paradox of analysis resolved; 5. Concluding remark; References; On what is impossible entailing everything; References; Some remarks on homonymy and polysemy

NotesReferences; The meaning of Meaning in the Prague School; Introduction; Phonology as the pilot discipline in the PLC; Roman Jakobsen's theory of the semantic invariants(invariant meanings); S. Karcevskij's Système du verbe russe (1927); Back to Jakobson 's invariant meanings; Jakobson and Mathesius; The semiotic turn; Jakobson's invariants on the American soil; Bohumil Trnka's conception of meaning; Conclusion; References; Your metaphor or mine: Belief ascription and metaphor interpretation; 1. ViewGen: The basic belief engine; 2. Metaphor: Shifting the belief engine to a higher gear

3. Metaphorical scope4. Embedded metaphor ascription; 5. Other work: Abduction is different; 6. Some further work; Acknowledgements; References:; On real mother, real man and similar expressions; Notes; References; 4 . FOCUS; The focus and scope of only; 1. Placement of only as a test for constituent structure; 2. Placement of only in relation to its scope; 3. only and NPs; Notes; References; Grammatical implementation of the dominance of subject and focus; Abstract and Introduction; Reflexes of the subject; Prolog implementations; Reflexes of the focus; Relative clauses

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

"Selected bibliography of Eva Hajičová": p. [415]-418.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-42392-8

9786613423924

90-272-7423-1

OCLC:

774384473