03772nam 2200757 a 450 991045269290332120200520144314.01-61451-277-910.1515/9781614512776(CKB)2550000001097177(EBL)1037940(OCoLC)851970507(SSID)ssj0000916661(PQKBManifestationID)11526351(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916661(PQKBWorkID)10876853(PQKB)10061539(MiAaPQ)EBC1037940(DE-B1597)207086(OCoLC)852655780(OCoLC)881294191(DE-B1597)9781614512776(Au-PeEL)EBL1037940(CaPaEBR)ebr10729001(CaONFJC)MIL503711(EXLCZ)99255000000109717720130111d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond words[electronic resource] content, context, and inference /edited by Frank Liedtke and Cornelia SchulzeBerlin ;Boston De Gruyter Mouton, Walter De Gruyter GmbH20131 online resource (346 p.)Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP] ;15Mouton series in pragmatics,1864-6409 ;15Description based upon print version of record.1-61451-386-4 1-299-72460-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.section I. General concepts -- section II. Acquiring inferential abilities -- section III. Grammar, meaning, and enrichment -- section IV. Constraints, memes, and constructions.In pragmatics, it is widely accepted that the overall meaning of an utterance performed as part of a verbal interchange is basically underdetermined by the meaning of the sentence uttered. What counts as having been said for most contemporary authors goes far beyond sentence meaning. Rather, it has to be considered as a complex utterance level combining semantic knowledge and context-driven, pragmatic information as an integrated whole. The focus of the present book lies on central questions about the nature, the function and the acquisition of pragmatic inferencing strategies. The question of the relation between the explicit and the implicit side of verbal communication and its mutual delimitation is addressed. What is the character of pragmatic inferences, wherever they may be situated in a descriptive model? Are they nonce inferences arising anew in each act of communication, or do we have to conceive of them as based on regularities and conventions? What is an adequate model of the acquisition of the skills which are relevant for mastering the inferential processes leading to an adequate interpretation of utterances? And what is the relation between a theory of pragmatic enrichment and optimality theory with an OT pragmatics as a possible result? Mouton Series in Pragmatics [MSP]PragmaticsInferenceSemanticsGrammar, Comparative and generalConnectivesLanguage and languagesPhilosophyElectronic books.Pragmatics.Inference.Semantics.Grammar, Comparative and generalConnectives.Language and languagesPhilosophy.401/.45ER 940rvkLiedtke Frank1026561Schulze Cornelia1026562MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452692903321Beyond words2441531UNINA02705 am 22005173u 450 991076585100332120221206175848.09783035109122 (ebook)9783035197822 (epub ebook)9783034323918 (mobi)9783034320313 (paperback)(CKB)3710000000553314(SSID)ssj0001664901(PQKBManifestationID)16453568(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001664901(PQKBWorkID)14999290(PQKB)11729017(OCoLC)945783360(EXLCZ)99371000000055331420160829h20162016 uy 0engurcn#nnn|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAcoustics of the vowel[electronic resource] preliminaries /Dieter MaurerBern :Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers,[2016]©20161 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) illustrationsOpen Access e-BooksKnowledge UnlatchedPrint version: 9783034320313 Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-279)It seems as if the fundamentals of how we produce vowels and how they are acoustically represented have been clarified: we phonate and articulate. Using our vocal chords, we produce a vocal sound or noise which is then shaped into a specific vowel sound by the resonances of the pharyngeal, oral, and nasal cavities, that is, the vocal tract. Accordingly, the acoustic description of vowels relates to vowel-specific patterns of relative energy maxima in the sound spectra, known as patterns of formants. The intellectual and empirical reasoning presented in this treatise, however, gives rise to scepticism with respect to this understanding of the sound of the vowel. The reflections and materials presented provide reason to argue that, up to now, a comprehensible theory of the acoustics of the voice and of voiced speech sounds is lacking, and consequently, no satisfying understanding of vowels as an achievement and particular formal accomplishment of the voice exists. Thus, the question of the acoustics of the vowel—and with it the question of the acoustics of the voice itself—proves to be an unresolved fundamental problem.Phonetics, AcousticVowelsPhonetics, Acoustic.Vowels.414Maurer Dieter893909PQKBAuAdUSAUkMaJRU9910765851003321Acoustics of the vowel3648958UNINA