Nonsentential Constituents : A theory of grammatical structure and pragmatic interpretation.
Title:
Nonsentential Constituents : A theory of grammatical structure and pragmatic interpretation.
Author:
Barton, Ellen.
ISBN:
9789027283337
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Series:
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
Contents:
NONSENTENTIAL CONSTITUENTS A Theory of Grammatical Structure and Pragmatic Interpretation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interacting Models in a Theory of Nonsentential Constituents -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 The competence model and autonomy -- 1.2 The pragmatic model and modularity -- 2. Motivating a Nonsentential Constituent Structure Analysis -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 Deletion and ellipsis in generative grammar -- 2.2 Competing analyses: an ellipsis analysis vs. a nonsentential constituent structure analysis -- 2.3 Conclusion -- 3. A Competence Model of the Grammar of Nonsentential Constituent Structures -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 The D-structure representation of nonsentential constituent structures -- 3.1.1 Background -- 3.1.2 Describing nonsentential constituent structures -- 3.1.3 Implications -- 3.2 The S-structure representation of nonsentential constituent structures -- 3.3 The logical form representation of nonsentential constituent structures -- 3.4 Conclusion -- 4. The Representation of Linguistic Context in the Pragmatic Model -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 The submodule of linguistic context -- 4.1.1 The principle of linguistic context and the operation of discourse inference -- 4.1.2 Interpretation within the submodule of linguistic context -- 4.1.3 The condition of acceptability within the submodule of linguistic context -- 4.2 Arguments supporting the submodule of linguistic context -- 4.2.1 Competing accounts of interpretation -- 4.2.2 The wider framework -- 4.3 Conclusion -- 5. The Representation of Conversational Context in the Pragmatic Model -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 The submodule of conversational context -- 5.1.1 The principle of conversational context and the operation of cooperative inference.
5.1.2 Interpretation within the submodule of conversational context -- 5.1.3 The condition of acceptability within the submodule of conversational context -- 5.2 Arguments supporting the submodule of conversational context -- 5.2.1 Distinguishing submodules -- 5.2.2 The wider framework -- 5.3 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- References -- Index of Topics -- Index of Names.
Abstract:
Linguists traditionally have assumed that full sentence sources truncated by ellipsis rules account for the grammatical structure as well as the semantic interpretation of fragments like B below: A: What happened in 1974? B: A scandal in the White House. A sentential structure dominated by the initial node of S is reduced to a fragment by the operation of ellipsis, and it is the full sentential source that provides the semantic interpretation for the remaining fragment.Barton argues against both of these assumptions. She claims that independent major lexical categories like the example above are generated within a grammar as syntactic structures dominated by the initial node of NP, VP, and so on, rather than S. Her second claim is that the major part of the interpretation of these independent constituent utterances takes place within a pragmatic context, rather than in the semantic component of a grammar. A theory of nonsentential constituents is presented consisting of two interacting models: an autonomous competence model of the grammar of nonsentential constituent structures, and a modular pragmatic model of the interpretation of independent constituent utterances in context.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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