“Code Switching” in Sociocultural Linguistics
... It is peculiarly important that linguists, who are often accused, and accused justly, of failure to look beyond the pretty patterns of their subject matter, should become aware of what their science may mean for the interpretation of human conduct in general. Whether they like it or not, they must b ...
... It is peculiarly important that linguists, who are often accused, and accused justly, of failure to look beyond the pretty patterns of their subject matter, should become aware of what their science may mean for the interpretation of human conduct in general. Whether they like it or not, they must b ...
Hislop Taking Account of Structure
... reinterpreted here. However, before doing this it is necessary to explain why this particular study has been chosen for examination. It is fundamentally important to say that the reason for focussing on Gherardi & Nicolini’s paper is NOT to single it out for particular, special criticism. In fact it ...
... reinterpreted here. However, before doing this it is necessary to explain why this particular study has been chosen for examination. It is fundamentally important to say that the reason for focussing on Gherardi & Nicolini’s paper is NOT to single it out for particular, special criticism. In fact it ...
Scrambling and Processing: Dependencies
... One of the crucial concepts in the theory of sentence processing is processing complexity. On the one hand, processing complexity is closely related to psychological approaches to complexity (Just, Carpenter, and Hemphill, 1996; Jonides and Smith, 1997). On the other, it relies heavily on various li ...
... One of the crucial concepts in the theory of sentence processing is processing complexity. On the one hand, processing complexity is closely related to psychological approaches to complexity (Just, Carpenter, and Hemphill, 1996; Jonides and Smith, 1997). On the other, it relies heavily on various li ...
Structural Analysis in Linguistics and in Anthropology
... well), the anthropologist finds himself in a situation which formally resembles that of the structural linguist. Like phonemes, kinship terms are elements of meaning; like phonemes, they acquire meaning only if they are integrated into systems. "Kinship systems," like "phonemic systems," are built b ...
... well), the anthropologist finds himself in a situation which formally resembles that of the structural linguist. Like phonemes, kinship terms are elements of meaning; like phonemes, they acquire meaning only if they are integrated into systems. "Kinship systems," like "phonemic systems," are built b ...
Vitality entry in Wiley encyclopedia
... Social Proximity, Institutional Completeness and Ideological Legitimacy are seen as interacting and reinforcing each other in the process of cultural autonomy. Strong social proximity facilitates elaboration of control over cultural institutions (education, media, church, health services) that the c ...
... Social Proximity, Institutional Completeness and Ideological Legitimacy are seen as interacting and reinforcing each other in the process of cultural autonomy. Strong social proximity facilitates elaboration of control over cultural institutions (education, media, church, health services) that the c ...
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... The purpose of my presentation is fourfold: 1) In the first step I will call to mind the origins and dimensions of pre-Kantian aesthetics as a sub-discipline of rationalist epistemology with a/its subversive potential. My main witness for this discussion is Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. (Thesis 1: ...
... The purpose of my presentation is fourfold: 1) In the first step I will call to mind the origins and dimensions of pre-Kantian aesthetics as a sub-discipline of rationalist epistemology with a/its subversive potential. My main witness for this discussion is Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. (Thesis 1: ...
Semiotic Anthropology
... indexical or “pragmatic” level) interact with less contextual, more conventional kinds of meaning (the symbolic or semantic level, focused more on language content than form). (See Morris 1971 on the semantic/pragmatic distinction.) A further complication is introduced by the need to incorporate ana ...
... indexical or “pragmatic” level) interact with less contextual, more conventional kinds of meaning (the symbolic or semantic level, focused more on language content than form). (See Morris 1971 on the semantic/pragmatic distinction.) A further complication is introduced by the need to incorporate ana ...
the combination of critical discourse analysis
... repertoire; (2) its language beliefs or ideology, or beliefs about language use; and (3) any intentional language management. Language practice and ideology are not necessarily intentional or planned. They can be implicit as well, for they are the habitual choices people make that form the linguisti ...
... repertoire; (2) its language beliefs or ideology, or beliefs about language use; and (3) any intentional language management. Language practice and ideology are not necessarily intentional or planned. They can be implicit as well, for they are the habitual choices people make that form the linguisti ...
A brief history of Stylistics
... precisely what stylistics is, and to mark clear boundaries between it and other branches of linguistics which deal with text analysis. What has been the primary interest of stylistics for years is the analysis of the type, fluctuation, or the reason for choosing a given style as in any language a si ...
... precisely what stylistics is, and to mark clear boundaries between it and other branches of linguistics which deal with text analysis. What has been the primary interest of stylistics for years is the analysis of the type, fluctuation, or the reason for choosing a given style as in any language a si ...
Cultural evolution of language
... evolutionary approach discussing the aspects of function, fitness, replication, and selection, as well the relevant units of linguistic evolution. In this context, the chapter looks at some fundamental aspects of linguistic diversity such as the nature of the design space, the mechanisms generating ...
... evolutionary approach discussing the aspects of function, fitness, replication, and selection, as well the relevant units of linguistic evolution. In this context, the chapter looks at some fundamental aspects of linguistic diversity such as the nature of the design space, the mechanisms generating ...
chapter two - UM Students` Repository
... such as with speakers of other dialects or on public occasions. He goes on to say that the use of H for religious and literary functions leads to relations showing prestige. From this, we can see the distinction Ferguson made between the H and L varieties. He differentiates the H variety as the stan ...
... such as with speakers of other dialects or on public occasions. He goes on to say that the use of H for religious and literary functions leads to relations showing prestige. From this, we can see the distinction Ferguson made between the H and L varieties. He differentiates the H variety as the stan ...
Rereading Romanticism, Rereading Expressivism: Revising "Voice
... language, including the relationship of physical, worldly things to language, accumulated. According to Hans Aarsleff, “language study” in this period “even when called philology,” was not merely a matter of knowing the forms, syntax, phonology, historical relationships, and other aspects of particu ...
... language, including the relationship of physical, worldly things to language, accumulated. According to Hans Aarsleff, “language study” in this period “even when called philology,” was not merely a matter of knowing the forms, syntax, phonology, historical relationships, and other aspects of particu ...
Is perception informationally encapsulated? The issue of the theory-ladenness of perception
... which show that how things look is not affected by what one believes. This argument is best understood in the light of Fodor’s (Fodor, 1983) view regarding the modularity of the perceptual systems, that, unlike reflexes, they are computational but informationally encapsulated from information residi ...
... which show that how things look is not affected by what one believes. This argument is best understood in the light of Fodor’s (Fodor, 1983) view regarding the modularity of the perceptual systems, that, unlike reflexes, they are computational but informationally encapsulated from information residi ...
Language Contact and Morphosyntactic - Phil.
... a strong decline of LCL1G. Apart from two mountain villages with few remaining speakers (Giazza und Toballe), LCL1G is nowadays only used in Luserna (see Bidese 2005:5–7). Despite some contact-based influence from Romance, which can be seen in the development of LCL1G morphosyntax (see Kolmer 2010), ...
... a strong decline of LCL1G. Apart from two mountain villages with few remaining speakers (Giazza und Toballe), LCL1G is nowadays only used in Luserna (see Bidese 2005:5–7). Despite some contact-based influence from Romance, which can be seen in the development of LCL1G morphosyntax (see Kolmer 2010), ...
Word - Semiosis Evolution Energy
... regularities – especially with respect to textual units above the level of argumentative structures – as a central topic of his sign philosophy, this distinction, which parallels the distinction of text system and language system, is fundamental for Hjelmslev’s glossematics (Hjelmslev 1969). As a co ...
... regularities – especially with respect to textual units above the level of argumentative structures – as a central topic of his sign philosophy, this distinction, which parallels the distinction of text system and language system, is fundamental for Hjelmslev’s glossematics (Hjelmslev 1969). As a co ...
CONTEXT AND COGNITION: KNOWLEDGE FRAMES AND
... typical speech act sequences 4 of which the structure has a more or less conventional or ritual character, such as giving lectures, preaching, making everyday conversation, or writing love letters. In such cases we clearly have a number of different (speech) acts, of which each may have a characteri ...
... typical speech act sequences 4 of which the structure has a more or less conventional or ritual character, such as giving lectures, preaching, making everyday conversation, or writing love letters. In such cases we clearly have a number of different (speech) acts, of which each may have a characteri ...
REREADING ROMANTICISM, REREADING EXPRESSIVISM: REVISING “VOICE” THROUGH WORDSWORTH’S PREFACES
... language, including the relationship of physical, worldly things to language, accumulated. According to Hans Aarsleff, “language study” in this period “even when called philology,” was not merely a matter of knowing the forms, syntax, phonology, historical relationships, and other aspects of particu ...
... language, including the relationship of physical, worldly things to language, accumulated. According to Hans Aarsleff, “language study” in this period “even when called philology,” was not merely a matter of knowing the forms, syntax, phonology, historical relationships, and other aspects of particu ...
Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Linguistic Diversity
... tions may divide into new ethnolinguistic groups. It is likely that human languages reached their maximum number (estimated at 12,000) at the end of the Pleistocene, directly predating the rise of agriculture (Harrison 2007). In the hunter–gatherer societies of the time, the dominant force in langua ...
... tions may divide into new ethnolinguistic groups. It is likely that human languages reached their maximum number (estimated at 12,000) at the end of the Pleistocene, directly predating the rise of agriculture (Harrison 2007). In the hunter–gatherer societies of the time, the dominant force in langua ...
Automatic Distillation of Musical Structures: Learning the Grammar of Music
... rich and diverse, it is possible that the algorithm finds structures that have some grammatical structure justification but cannot be identified easily as harmonic musical combinations. Patterns We now turn to analyze some of the simple patterns found by the algorithm, which include only terminals. ...
... rich and diverse, it is possible that the algorithm finds structures that have some grammatical structure justification but cannot be identified easily as harmonic musical combinations. Patterns We now turn to analyze some of the simple patterns found by the algorithm, which include only terminals. ...
All of the Above: New Coalitions in Sociocultural Linguistics
... culture through the investigation of speech events (e.g. Hymes 1974) and interactional practices (e.g. Gumperz 1982) and the latter largely drawing on social information to illuminate issues of linguistic structure, variation, and change. By the mid 1980s, sociolinguistics did not necessarily refer ...
... culture through the investigation of speech events (e.g. Hymes 1974) and interactional practices (e.g. Gumperz 1982) and the latter largely drawing on social information to illuminate issues of linguistic structure, variation, and change. By the mid 1980s, sociolinguistics did not necessarily refer ...
Activation of phonological codes during reading: Evidence
... experiments, participants read passages of text that contained homophones as their eye fixations were monitored. They found that fixation times on the correct homophone are shorter than those on the incorrect homophone and that fixation times on the incorrect homophone and spelling control are equal ...
... experiments, participants read passages of text that contained homophones as their eye fixations were monitored. They found that fixation times on the correct homophone are shorter than those on the incorrect homophone and that fixation times on the incorrect homophone and spelling control are equal ...
Cognitive Development in Infancy
... Key Elements of Piaget’s Theory As we first noted in Chapter 1, Piaget’s theory is based on a stage approach to development. He assumed that all children pass through a series of four universal stages in a fixed order from birth through adolescence: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational ...
... Key Elements of Piaget’s Theory As we first noted in Chapter 1, Piaget’s theory is based on a stage approach to development. He assumed that all children pass through a series of four universal stages in a fixed order from birth through adolescence: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational ...
Violations of information structure: An
... deer—or the gophers or any other animal—that ate the lettuce). In this paper, therefore, we will be dealing with contrastive focus in particular. 3. Mapping processing effects onto possible brain responses Let us consider what the nature of these processing effects might be, and how they might be re ...
... deer—or the gophers or any other animal—that ate the lettuce). In this paper, therefore, we will be dealing with contrastive focus in particular. 3. Mapping processing effects onto possible brain responses Let us consider what the nature of these processing effects might be, and how they might be re ...
132194 - Radboud Repository
... linguistic structures and mechanisms involved in sentence comprehension. A model whose assumptions are closer to cognitive reality should give rise to information measures that are more predictive of experimental data. Hence, the most plausible cognitive mechanisms for sentence processing can be ide ...
... linguistic structures and mechanisms involved in sentence comprehension. A model whose assumptions are closer to cognitive reality should give rise to information measures that are more predictive of experimental data. Hence, the most plausible cognitive mechanisms for sentence processing can be ide ...
Modifying landscapes and mass kills
... 5. Ownership, rock art, and cyclical nucleation The open alpine, desert, grassland, and tundra environments like those in which the ungulate drive structures discussed in the following case studies are situated are characterized by relatively low resource availability. In such environments, where re ...
... 5. Ownership, rock art, and cyclical nucleation The open alpine, desert, grassland, and tundra environments like those in which the ungulate drive structures discussed in the following case studies are situated are characterized by relatively low resource availability. In such environments, where re ...