The syntax of sentence and text : a festschrift for František Daneš / / edited by Světla Čmejrková, František Štícha

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Functionalism (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general - Topic and comment; Discourse analysis
• Altri autori: DanešFrantišek ČmejrkováSvětla ŠtíchaFrantišek
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE SYNTAX OF SENTENCE AND TEXT; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; NOTE; Selected Bibliography of the Publications of Professor František Daneš, PhDr., DrSc.; I. PRAGUE SCHOOL FUNCTIONALISM; Functionalism versus Formalism in East and West; A. The agenda of functionalism; B. The advent of FSP; C. Daneš' three-level approach; D. Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; Centre and Periphery, Delicacy and Fuzz; 1. Discreteness, fuzz, centre, periphery; 2. Centre, periphery, and markedness; 3. Periphery and strategy; 4. Variance and invariance ; 5. Milestones in fuzzy description6. From naturalness to prototypes; 7. The dynamic view: conflict and conspiracy; 8. Literary preference semantics; 9. Fuzzy sets; 10. Variable rules; 11. Definitions of concepts; REFERENCES; Karl Bühler's Field Theory in the Light of the Current Interest in Pragmatics; NOTES; REFERENCES; Vilém Mathesius as One of the Forerunners of Modern Textological Research; REFERENCES; II. FUNCTIONAL SENTENCE PERSPECTIVE AND THEMATIC PROGRESSIONS; ""I'm Sorry, I'll Read that Again"": Information Structure in Writing; REFERENCES ; Functional Sentence Perspective within a Model of Natural Textlinguistics 1. The general textual model; 2. Dimensions of FSP most relevant for TL; 2.1. Informativity; 2.2. Cotextually or contextually known vs. unknown; 2.3. Given vs. new in S's strategies (intentionality); 2.4. Linearisation; 2.5. Base; 3. Preference parameters (universal naturalness/markedness); 3.1. Preferred coincidences for T within a speech act; 3.2. Preferred coincidences for R within n speech aca; 3.3. Indexicality; 3.4. lconicity; 3.5. Preference for binary relations ; 3.6. Conflicts between speaker- and hearer-friendllness 3.7. Second-instance sentences as marked units; 4. Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; On Thematic Configurations in Texts: Orientation and goals; Why are thematic configurations needed; Anticipating thematic configurations in texts; Conclusion; REFERENCES; Substantiating Daneš's View of Givensess as a Graded Phenomenon; REFERENCES; Is There Implicit Inclusion of Preceding Predicates in Anaphorics of Nominals or Pronominals?; 1. Explicit inclusion of preceding predicates in subsequent anaphorics of nominals ; 2. Implicit inclusion and non-inclusion of preceding predicates in subsequent anaphorics of nominals or pronominals 2.1 Implicit inclusion and non-inclusion of predicates in subsequent anaphorics in two-sentence sentence sequences; 2.2 Implicit inclusion and non-inclusion of predicates in subsequent anaphorics in longer sentence sequences; 3. Implicit predicate-inclusion in expressions of the type 'such a + common noun'; NOTES; REFERENCES; Discourse as Determinacy; 0. Introduction; 1. Determinacy grammar and text linguistics; 2. Determinacy grammar and functional sentence perspective ; 3· Thematic progressions as determinacy progressions
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a collection of papers inspired by the work of František Daneš and is published in honour of his 75th birthday. Daneš' international contribution to the development of Prague School functionalism, the theory of functional sentence perspective, discourse studies and semantics is reflected in the 27 papers collected in four thematic sections of this volume.
• Titolo autorizzato: The syntax of sentence and text
• ISBN: 1-283-32795-3; 9786613327956; 90-272-7662-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827345103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Linguistic & literary studies in Eastern Europe ; ; v. 42.