From Cognitive Semantics to Lexical Pragmatics
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From Cognitive Semantics to Lexical Pragmatics

The Functional Polysemy of Discourse Particles

  1. 383 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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From Cognitive Semantics to Lexical Pragmatics

The Functional Polysemy of Discourse Particles

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Table of contents

  1. 1. Introduction: The domain
  2. 1.1. Aims
  3. 1.2. Definition
  4. 1.2.1. Semantic properties
  5. 1.2.2. Functional properties
  6. 1.2.3. Form-related properties
  7. 1.3. Corpora
  8. 1.3.1. The German corpora
  9. 1.3.2. The English corpora
  10. 1.4. Methods
  11. 1.4.1. Interpretative methods
  12. 1.4.2. Quantitative and computational methods
  13. 1.4.3. Linguistic models
  14. 1.5. The structure of the following
  15. 2. Contexts and categories: Functional interpretation
  16. 2.1. The functional spectrum of German ja
  17. 2.2. Category assignment
  18. 2.2.1. The descriptive inventory
  19. 2.2.2. Classification in artificial neural networks
  20. 2.3. Consequences for lexical representation: Constructions
  21. 3. Conceptual background frame: Evidence from extra-linguistic variables
  22. 3.1. The variable communication partner
  23. 3.2. The variable speaker’s gender
  24. 3.2.1. Äh and ähm in human-to-human communication
  25. 3.2.2. Gender-related functional shifts in human-computer interaction
  26. 3.3. Consequences for lexical representation: Conceptual background frame
  27. 3.3.1. The relation lexeme – function
  28. 3.3.2. A frame of communicative domains
  29. 4. Lexical analysis
  30. 4.1. Semantic relations
  31. 4.1.1. Translation equivalents
  32. 4.1.2. Semantic fields
  33. 4.2. Semantic decomposition
  34. 4.2.1. Methodological considerations
  35. 4.2.2. Semantic tests for discourse particles
  36. 4.2.3. English oh
  37. 4.2.4. Tests for the features of oh
  38. 4.2.5. Further English discourse particles
  39. 4.3. Consequences for lexical representation: Invariant meanings
  40. 5. Lexical representation
  41. 5.1. A unified model of the meanings and functions of discourse particles
  42. 5.1.1. The contextual meanings of discourse particles
  43. 5.1.2. From contextual meanings to discourse functions
  44. 5.1.3. The different word classes
  45. 5.1.4. The general function of discourse particles
  46. 5.2. Aspects of the lexicon
  47. 5.2.1. General properties of linguistic lexica
  48. 5.2.2. The structure of lexical entries
  49. 5.2.3. Types of lexical information
  50. 5.2.4. Linguistic generalisations in ILEX/DATR
  51. 5.3. A frame- and construction-based lexicon for discourse particles
  52. 6. Conclusion and prospects
  53. 6.1. From cognitive semantics to lexical pragmatics
  54. 6.2. Automatic processing of discourse particles
  55. References
  56. Appendix A: Questionnaire
  57. Appendix B: DATR Program
  58. Index