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Language and Meaning: The structural creation of reality(55 Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics)


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This book illustrates the structuralist idea that language creates the reality we perceive. The data presented in this volume focus on the problematic issues of the passive construction and irregular (strong) verbs, with examples taken primarily from English with separate subsections on German and Russian. The author presents a new and different analysis of these complex topics which proceeds from the levels of form to meaning rather than the traditional and generative methodologies that follow the opposite path from meaning to form. This book will be of interest to all linguists who have ever confronted the controversial question of the interaction between lexical exceptions and grammatical rules. The scope of this volume is rather broad and it compares and contrasts text grammar versus sentence grammar in an innovative way.

Table of Contents:
1. List of Figures, pix; 2. List of Tables, pxi; 3. Preface, pxiii-xiv; 4. Introduction, p1; 5. 1. Saussurean structuralism, p3-17; 6. 2. Aspect, p19-31; 7. 3. The passive, p33-60; 8. 4. Generative grammar, p61-105; 9. 5. Tense and irregular verbs, p107-133; 10. 6. Text grammar: Parole versus Langue, p135-152; 11. 7. The method of lexical exceptions, p153-164; 12. Conclusion, p165-169; 13. Notes, p171-185; 14. References, p187-200; 15. Appendices, p201-206; 16. Glossary of aspect terms, p207-212; 17. Name index, p213-215; 18. Subject index, p217-225

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I admire the way the author has taken the basic research he has done over many years (notably irregular verbs and the passive) and used it as a point of departure for a vigorous, outspoken and thought-provoking presentation of a radical alternative to fashionable orthodoxies. This is an ambitious volume which is likely to be of particular interest to postgraduate students [...]. The concluding chapter sets out the method of lexical exceptions in a manner easily accessible to students. As a whole, the book is certain to stimulate lively debates and encourage empirical research. Ein spannendes Buch mit Kapiteln, die man auch einzeln lesen kann. Ich möchte hier nur neugierig machen, nicht referieren, denn man muss selbst lesen, wie gleichermaßen klar in der Darstellung und Argumentation und rigoros in seiner Kritik zum Beispiel am Distributionalismus und den Generativisten – nicht so sehr an Chomsky selbst – Beedham schreibt. Also nur ein Hinweis auf Themen, die gerade für einen deutschen Leser ungewöhnliche Perspektiven entwickeln, weil der St. Andrewser Germanist Beedham neben Deutsch und Englisch auch Russisch heranziehen kann, wodurch seine Ausführungen zu Aspekt-Aspekten der deutschen Tempusformen einsichtig werden. Beim Perfekt ahnen wir das ja schon langem, aber hier wird es vorgeführt. Gleichermaßen sehr lesenwert das methodische Programm des auf Saussure zurückgreifenden Verf., der die Langue, die er präzise von der Parole abgrenzt, als Untersuchungsgegenstand strikt von den Formen her beschreibt und analysiert, denn, so argumentiert er, aus grammatischen und/oder lexikalischen Formen seiner Sprache entwickelt man die Bedeutungen, mit denen man seine Wirklichkeit strukturiert, unterstützt von den anderen Wahrnehmungssinnen. Zentrale Themen neben der Generativisten-Kritik: Passiv, Tempusformen und was sie – nicht – über die Zeit aussagen, unregelmäßige Verbformen und was an ihnen grammatisch oder was lexikalische Ausnahme ist. This book is a real pleasure to read. The chapter on ‘Tense and irregular verbs’ is extremely interesting. The finding of the phonotactic link between strong verbs and function words in the three languages is fascinating and entirely convincing. Besonders gelungen scheint mir die Verbindung von allgemeinen sprachtheoretischen Fragestellungen mit eigenen konkreten empirischen Untersuchungsergebnissen zu einzelnen Bereichen der englischen (z.T. auch der deutschen und der russischen) Grammatik in Gestalt einer weiterführenden und wegweisenden 'Zusammenschau'. [...] Im Prinzip geht es überall darum entsprechend dem Saussureschen Konzept von der Unteilbarkeit des sprachlichen Zeichens, nach Unterschieden in der Bedeutung zu fahnden, wo es Formenunterschied gibt (auch und gerade dort, wo solche Bedeutungsunterschiede bisher nicht erkannt worden sind). Mit diesem Ansatz ist das Buch gleichermaßen originell wie konsequent, vermittelt in seiner Rigorosität zweifellos auch weitere Impulse für die linguistische Forschung. L'ouvrage est un excellent exemple de ce qu'on peut attendre d'une réflexion véritablement linguistique articulant nécessairement observations sur des langues (anglais, allemand, russe) et considérations épistémologiques rigoureuses (avec critique documentée et solidement argumentée des modèles explicatifs en vigueur, particulièrement ceux relevant de l'approche générativiste: cf. chapitre 4). L'alacrité du style rend passionnants le traitement du passif (chapitre 3) et celui des verbes irréguliers (chapitre 5), en des contributions à la fois synthétiques et innovantes, selon une double analyse mobilisant divers ressorts disciplinaires, certains inattendus mais tout à fait pertinents (phonologie et lexicologie, par exemple). Les deux problématiques servent de fil conducteur à l'ensemble qui illustre de façon remarquable une pratique de la recherche à la fois méticuleuse et profonde, qui peut être donnée en exemple à tous ceux qui ambitionnent de participer valablement à la réflexion rationnelle sur les langues. Il s'agit sans nul doute d'un ouvrage de grande qualité, que, pour ma part, je joins sans hésitation à la liste des "livres à lire" que je communique à mes étudiants avancés. The chapter on strong verbs is a real detective story, nicely written, and full of intriguing suggestions, especially on the relationship with sound symbolism.


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  • ISBN-13: 9789027293923
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 225
  • Sub Title: The structural creation of reality
  • ISBN-10: 9027293929
  • Publisher Date: 08 Nov 2005
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 239
  • Series Title: 55 Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics


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