Aspects of English Sentence Stress
Autor Susan F. Schmerlingen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 1976
Schmerling begins with a detailed review and critique of Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle's approach to sentence stress; she shows that their cyclic analysis cannot be considered valid, even for quite simple phrases and sentences. Next, she reviews discussions of sentence stress by Joan Bresnan, George Lakoff, and Dwight Bolinger, agreeing with Bolinger's contention that there is no intimate connection between sentence stress and syntactic structure but showing that his counterproposal to the standard approach is inadequate as well. She also examines the concept of "normal stress" and demonstrates that no linguistically significant distinction can be drawn between "normal" and "special" stress contours.
In generating her own proposals concerning sentence stress, Schmerling takes the view that certain items which are stressable are taken for granted by the speaker and are eliminated from consideration by the principles governing relative prominence of words in a sentence. Then she examines the pragmatic and phonological principles pertaining to items that are not eliminated from consideration. Finally, the author contends that the standard views, which she shows to be untenable, are a result of the assumption that linguistic entities should be studied apart from questions concerning their use, in that it was adoption of this methodological assumption that forced linguists to deny the essentially pragmatic nature of sentence stress.
Accessible to anyone who is familiar with the basic concepts of generative-transformational grammar, Aspects of English Sentence Stress presents provocative ideas in the field.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292729391
ISBN-10: 0292729391
Pagini: 140
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
ISBN-10: 0292729391
Pagini: 140
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Notă biografică
Susan F. Schmerling is a specialist in linguistic theory with a particular interest in the theory of syntax.
Cuprins
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Cyclic Approach
- 2. Other Approaches to Sentence Stress
- 3. The Normal-Stress Notion
- 4. The Question of Stressability
- 5. Relative Stress Levels
- 6. Conclusions
- Notes
- References
- Index
Descriere
Using a working definition of stress as subjective impression of prominence, the author attempts to formulate general principles that will predict the relative prominence of different words in particular utterances—what might be called the syntax of stress.