LEADER 03867nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910971011903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612160011 010 $a9781282160019 010 $a128216001X 010 $a9789027294838 010 $a9027294836 024 7 $a10.1075/slcs.57 035 $a(CKB)1000000000550497 035 $a(OCoLC)70773677 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10073630 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278072 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11240475 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278072 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10242326 035 $a(PQKB)10079030 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC622328 035 $a(DE-B1597)720842 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027294838 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000550497 100 $a20010627d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCommunicative organization in natural language $ethe semantic-communicative structure of sentences /$fIgor Melcuk 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (408 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in language companion series,$x0165-7763 ;$vv. 57 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781588111012 311 08$a1588111016 311 08$a9789027230607 311 08$a9027230609 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [366]-380) and indexes. 327 $aCommunicative Organization in Natural Language -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Contents -- Introduction: Six Basic Questions Answered -- Chapter I. General Characterization of the Semantic-Communicative Structure of Sentences -- Chapter II. Basic Categories of Semantic-Communicative Structure -- Chapter III. Sem-Comm-Oppositions: Linguistic Comments and Illustrations -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Name Index -- Language Index -- The STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS). 330 $aThe book defines the concept of Semantic-Communicative Structure [= Sem-CommS]-a formal object that is imposed on the starting Semantic Structure [= SemS] of a sentence (under text synthesis) in order to turn the selected meaning into a linguistic message. The Sem-CommS is a system of eight logically independent oppositions: 1. Thematicity (Rheme vs. Theme), 2. Givenness (Given vs. Old), 3. Focalization (Focalized vs. Non-Focalized), 4. Perspective (Foregrounded vs. Backgrounded), 5. Emphasis (Emphasized vs. Non-Emphasized), 6. Presupposedness (Presupposed vs. Non-Presupposed), 7. Unitariness (Unitary vs. Articulated), 8. Locutionality (Communicated vs. Signaled). The values of these oppositions mark particular subnetworks of the starting SemS and thus allow for the distinction between sentences such as (a) A man killed a dog vs. The dog was killed by a man, (b) John washed the window vs. It was John who washed the window or (c) It hurts! vs. Ouch! The proposed Sem-Comm-oppositions are conceived as an attempt at sharpening the well-known notions of Topic ~ Comment, Focus, etc. Possible linguistic strategies for expressing the values of the Sem-Comm-oppositions in different languages are discussed at some length, with linguistic illustrations. 410 0$aStudies in language companion series ;$vv. 57. 517 1 $aObservatory of meaning text linguistics 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSentences 606 $aSemantics 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSentences. 615 0$aSemantics. 676 $a401/.43 700 $aMelcuk$b Igor A$g(Igor Aleksandrovic),$f1932-$0304072 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971011903321 996 $aCommunicative organization in natural language$94346162 997 $aUNINA