1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453561903321

Autore

Heimerdinger Jean-Marc

Titolo

Topic, focus and foreground in ancient Hebrew narratives [[electronic resource] /] / Jean-Marc Heimerdinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, Eng., : Sheffield Academic Press, c1999

ISBN

1-281-84145-5

9786611841454

0-567-05794-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 295

Disciplina

220.44

Soggetti

Hebrew language - Discourse analysis

Hebrew language - Topic and comment

Foregrounding

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Reading University).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 LANGUAGE, DISCOURSE AND NARRATIVE: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; Chapter 2 LONGACRE'S TEXT-LINGUISTIC MODEL: DESCRIPTION AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL; Chapter 3 TOPICALITY AND TOPICAL ENTITIES: AN ANALYSIS OF GENESIS 22; Chapter 4 DISCOURSE REFERENTS AND TOPICALITY; Chapter 5 FOCUS IN DIRECT SPEECH CLAUSES AND FOCUS IN THE NARRATIVE VERBAL CLAUSES; Chapter 6 ASPECTS OF FOREGROUNDING IN NARRATIVE DISCOURSE; Chapter 7 GENERAL CONCLUSION; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This study breaks new ground in describing how various linguistic and pragmatic mechanisms affect both the form of the narrative clause and the arrangement of the grammatical elements. The various possible forms that a narrative clause can take are classified in terms of their 'topic-comment' and 'focus-presupposition', and it is argued that the way in which these are articulated dictates the word order in the clause. The outcome of the study demonstrates that the traditional binary



distinction between foreground and background, based purely on verb forms, is inadequate. A new model is offered

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910260609603321

Titolo

Machine models of music / / edited by Stephan M. Schwanauer and David A. Levitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©1993

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 544 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

SchwanauerStephan M

LevittDavid A

Disciplina

781.3/4

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence - Musical applications

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Machine Models of Music brings together representative models ranging from Mozart's "Musical Dice Game" to a classic article by Marvin Minsky and current research to illustrate the rich impact that artificial intelligence has had on the understanding and composition of traditional music and to demonstrate the ways in which music can push the boundaries of traditional Al research. Major sections of the book take up pioneering research in generate-and-test composition (Lejaren Hiller, Barry Brooks, Jr., Stanley Gill); composition parsing (Allen Forte, Herbert Simon, Terry Winograd); heuristic composition (John Rothgeb, James Moorer, Steven Smoliar); generative grammars (Otto Laske, Gary Rader, Johan Sundberg, Fred Lerdahl); alternative theories (Marvin Minsky, James Meehan); composition tools (Charles Ames, Kemal Ebcioglu, David Cope, C. Fry); and new directions (David Levitt, Christopher Longuet-Higgins, Jamshed Bharucha, Stephan Schwanauer). Stephan Schwanauer is President of Mediasoft Corporation. David Levitt is the founder of HIP Software and head of audio products at VPL Research."