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Accentuation and Interpretation /

Develops a highly original theory of accentuation in which accentuation serves the mere pragmatic function of making utterances well comprehensible. Semantic effects of accentuation are explained as epiphenomena of pragmatic accentuation. The theory is formally elaborated in a model-theoretic framew...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmitz, Hans-Christian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:Palgrave studies in pragmatics, language, and cognition.
Subjects:
Linguistics.
Philology.
Pragmatics.
Semantics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Develops a highly original theory of accentuation in which accentuation serves the mere pragmatic function of making utterances well comprehensible. Semantic effects of accentuation are explained as epiphenomena of pragmatic accentuation. The theory is formally elaborated in a model-theoretic framework and experimentally justified.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 226 pages)
ISBN:9780230592568
DOI:10.1057/9780230592568