From Cognitive Semantics to Lexical Pragmatics

ISBN-13: 9783110168761 / Twarda / 2000 / 383 str.

Fischer, Kerstin

Opis

This book presents a cognitive semantic model of what the whole range of functions is that English and German discourse particles can fulfil, how these functions are related, why discourse particles fulfil just these functions and not others, and what factors condition their interpretation. Methodologically, conversation analysis and various methods from lexical semantics, such as field analysis and semantic decomposition, as well as contrastive studies are combined with the statistical analyses of large corpora, simulation experiments involving supervised learning in artificial neural networks, and the representation of the results in a computational lexicon. This methodologically interdisciplinary study thus not only presents a general model of polysemy which includes structural aspects, a conceptual background frame, and the contribution of the lexeme, it also provides full coverage for the functional readings of discourse particles and a unified definition of the word class.

Spis treści

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The domain -- Chapter 2. Contexts and categories: Functional interpretation -- Chapter 3. Conceptual background frame: Evidence from extra-linguistic variables -- Chapter 4. Lexical analysis -- Chapter 5. Lexical representation -- Chapter 6. Conclusion and prospects -- References -- Appendix A: Questionnaire -- Appendix ?: DATR Program -- Index

O autorze

Kerstin Fischer, geboren 1965 in Achim (bei Bremen), studierte Germanistik sowie Geschichte in Bremen. Anschließend absolvierte sie ein Volontariat und arbeitete mehrere Jahre als freie Publizistin bei verschiedenen Zeitungen (Literatur- und Theaterkritik). Neben den Auftragsarbeiten entstehen Kurzgeschichten und Lyrik für Anthologien. Sie lebt mit ihrem Mann und dem gemeinsamen Sohn in Achim.
Kerstin Fischer ist Mitglied im Verband deutscher Schriftsteller.