The Expressivity of Grammar

2011-08-30 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Axel Hübler
Release : 2011-08-30
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book The Expressivity of Grammar written by Axel Hübler. This book was released on 2011-08-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

The Grammar of Expressivity

2019-01-10 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Daniel Gutzmann
Release : 2019-01-10
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book The Grammar of Expressivity written by Daniel Gutzmann. This book was released on 2019-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a detailed account of the syntax of expressive language, that is, utterances that express, rather than describe, the emotions and attitudes of the speaker. While the expressive function of natural language has been widely studied in recent years, the role that grammar plays in the interpretation of expressive items has been largely neglected in the semantic and pragmatic literature. Daniel Gutzmann demonstrates that expressivity has strong syntactic reflexes that interact with the semantic and pragmatic interpretation of these utterances, and argues that expressivity is in fact a syntactic feature on a par with other established features such as tense and gender. Evidence for this claim is drawn from three detailed case studies of expressive adjectives, intensifiers, and vocatives; their puzzling properties are accounted for through a minimalist approach to syntactic features and agreement, which shows that expressivity can partake in agreement operations, trigger movement, and be selected for syntactically. The analysis not only supports the hypothesis of expressive syntax, but also highlights the hidden role that grammar may play in phenomena that are traditionally considered to be solely semantic in nature.

Expressivity in European Languages

2023-08-31 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Jeffrey P. Williams
Release : 2023-08-31
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Expressivity in European Languages written by Jeffrey P. Williams. This book was released on 2023-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is an emerging perspective in the discipline of linguistics that takes expressivity as one of the key components of human communication and grammatical structure. Expressivity refers to the use of grammar in natural languages to convey sensory information in a creative way, for example through reduplication, iconicity, ideophones and onomatopoeia. Expressives are more commonly associated with non-European languages, so their presence in European languages has so far been under-documented. With contributions from a team of leading scholars, this pioneering book redresses that balance by providing copious, detailed information about the expressive systems of a set of European languages. It comprises a collection of original surveys of expressivity in languages as diverse as Hungarian, Finnish, Turkish, Scots, German, Greek, Italian, Catalan, Breton and Basque, all with the common goal of challenging structuralist assumptions about the role of syntax, and showing how expressivity is both typologically diverse and universal.

Expressive English

1918 English language

Author : James Champlin Fernald
Release : 1918
Genre : English language
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Download or read book Expressive English written by James Champlin Fernald. This book was released on 1918. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Language, Expressivity and Cognition

2023-01-26 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Mikolaj Deckert
Release : 2023-01-26
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Language, Expressivity and Cognition written by Mikolaj Deckert. This book was released on 2023-01-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an up-to-date, multi-perspective and cross-linguistic account of the centrality of the expressive function in communication, this book explores the conceptualization of emotions in language and the high emotional 'temperature' of a variety of contemporary discourses. Adopting a number of methodological angles, both qualitative and quantitative, the chapters present insights from cognitive linguistics, (critical) discourse analysis, corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics, as well as those resulting from the combination of these approaches. Using a wide variety of data types, from song lyrics and TV series to Twitter posts and political speeches, and through the analysis of a range of languages, including Arabic, English, Polish, Italian, Hungarian, and Turkish, the book offers a panoramic view of the multi-faceted interaction between language, expressivity and cognition.

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