CiNii 図書 - Verb and noun number in English : a functional explanation

The author presents an account of the principles shaping the morphological form of the verb. This book aims to exemplify contemporary linguistic theory. The analysis proceeds from the view that the structure of language is determined by its function as an instrument of human communication. This position breaks with sentence-based theory to return to Saussurean conception of a language as an inventory of signs. It expands the programmatic Saussurean picture by emphasizing the pervasive influence of general human psychological characteristics on both linguistic structure and language use. In contrast to sentence-based theory, sign-based theory contains no formal component of syntactic rules. It must re-characterize linguistic structure in functional, not syntactic terms.

Sign-based linguistic theory
the entity number system
communicative efficacy
the precision strategy
the focus number system
the focus number opposition
testing the focus number opposition
textual resonance
the complementarity principal
the phenomena of linguistics.

巻冊次: : pbk ISBN 9780582291584

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Offers a persuasive challenge to accept sentence-based linguistics theory. Wallis Reid argues that the solution to the problem of English verb number is to abandon the notion of formal grammatical 'agreement' in favour of a pragmatically-based treatment in terms of semantic cohesion. Uses examples drawn from both spoken and written English of all genres.

Sign-based linguistic theory
the entity number system
communicative efficacy
the precision strategy
the focus number system
the focus number opposition
testing the focus number opposition
textual resonance
the complementarity principal
the phenomena of linguistics.

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