Semantic Structure in English
Syntax puts our meaning (“semantics”) into sentences, and phonology puts the sentences into the sounds that we hear and there must, surely, be a structure in the meaning that is expressed in the syntax and phonology. Some writers use the phrase “semantic structure”, but are referring to conceptual structure; since we can express our conceptual thought in many different linguistic ways, we cannot equate conceptual and semantic structures.
The research reported in this book shows semantic structure to be in part hierarchic, fitting the syntax in which it is expressed, and partly a network, fitting the nature of the mind, from which it springs. It is complex enough to provide for the emotive and imaginative dimensions of language, and for shifts of standard meanings in context, and the “rules” that control them.
Showing the full structure of English semantics requires attention to many currently topical issues, and since the underlying theory is fresh, there are fresh implications for them. The most important of those issues is information structure, which is given full treatment, showing its overall structure, and its relation to semantics and the whole grammar of English.
The research reported in this book shows semantic structure to be in part hierarchic, fitting the syntax in which it is expressed, and partly a network, fitting the nature of the mind, from which it springs. It is complex enough to provide for the emotive and imaginative dimensions of language, and for shifts of standard meanings in context, and the “rules” that control them.
Showing the full structure of English semantics requires attention to many currently topical issues, and since the underlying theory is fresh, there are fresh implications for them. The most important of those issues is information structure, which is given full treatment, showing its overall structure, and its relation to semantics and the whole grammar of English.
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 73] 2016. xv, 452 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
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1–6
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Chapter 2. Semantic structures in the strata of English
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7–23
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Chapter 3. Basis of semantic structure
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25–38
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Chapter 4. Elements of semantic structure
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39–78
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Chapter 5. Network structure
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79–123
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Chapter 6. System structure
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125–145
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Chapter 7. Hierarchic structure (1): Figures
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147–175
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Chapter 8. Hierarchies (2): Groups and senses
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177–254
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Chapter 9. Hierarchic structure (3): Information structure
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255–290
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Chapter 10. Other structures
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291–308
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Chapter 11. Realisation (1): Interpersonal functions
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309–340
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Chapter 12. Realisation (2): Ideational function
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341–384
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Chapter 13. Discussion
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385–405
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Chapter 14. Conclusion
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407–426
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References
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427–442
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Index
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443–452
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Subjects
Linguistics
BIC Subject: CFK – Grammar, syntax
BISAC Subject: LAN016000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics