Semantic Structure in English
Syntax puts our meaning (“semantics”) into sentences, and phonology puts the sentences into the sounds that we hear and there must, surely, be a structure in the meaning that is expressed in the syntax and phonology. Some writers use the phrase “semantic structure”, but are referring to conceptual s...
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| description | Syntax puts our meaning (“semantics”) into sentences, and phonology puts the sentences into the sounds that we hear and there must, surely, be a structure in the meaning that is expressed in the syntax and phonology. Some writers use the phrase “semantic structure”, but are referring to conceptual structure; since we can express our conceptual thought in many different linguistic ways, we cannot equate conceptual and semantic structures. The research reported in this book shows semantic structure to be in part hierarchic, fitting the syntax in which it is expressed, and partly a network, fitting the nature of the mind, from which it springs. It is complex enough to provide for the emotive and imaginative dimensions of language, and for shifts of standard meanings in context, and the “rules” that control them. Showing the full structure of English semantics requires attention to many currently topical issues, and since the underlying theory is fresh, there are fresh implications for them. The most important of those issues is information structure, which is given full treatment, showing its overall structure, and its relation to semantics and the whole grammar of English. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1477822024-11-12T14:39:42Z Semantic Structure in English Feist, Jim Linguistics, Syntax, Semantics, English thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax and morphology Syntax puts our meaning (“semantics”) into sentences, and phonology puts the sentences into the sounds that we hear and there must, surely, be a structure in the meaning that is expressed in the syntax and phonology. Some writers use the phrase “semantic structure”, but are referring to conceptual structure; since we can express our conceptual thought in many different linguistic ways, we cannot equate conceptual and semantic structures. The research reported in this book shows semantic structure to be in part hierarchic, fitting the syntax in which it is expressed, and partly a network, fitting the nature of the mind, from which it springs. It is complex enough to provide for the emotive and imaginative dimensions of language, and for shifts of standard meanings in context, and the “rules” that control them. Showing the full structure of English semantics requires attention to many currently topical issues, and since the underlying theory is fresh, there are fresh implications for them. The most important of those issues is information structure, which is given full treatment, showing its overall structure, and its relation to semantics and the whole grammar of English. 2024-11-12T14:39:39Z 2024-11-12T14:39:39Z 2016 book ONIX_20241112_9789027266521_2 13857916 9789027266521 9789027215833 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/147782 eng Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics image/png Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://benjamins.com/catalog/sfsl.73 John Benjamins Publishing Company 10.1075/sfsl.73 10.1075/sfsl.73 a0ecc02e-9674-41da-98fe-e7842d79279a 9789027266521 9789027215833 73 452 Amsterdam open access |
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