Parasyntax and the sentential level in axiomatic functionalism

Linguistics;

Gardner, Sheena F. ; Mulder, Jan ; Mulder, Jan

University:The University of St Andrews

Department:Modern Languages (School of)

关键词: Linguistics;   

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来源: DR-NTU

【 摘 要 】

This thesis is presented as a contribution to the St Andrews Schoolof Linguistics, Axiomatic Functionalism, as developed by Mulder andHervey. It is essentially a piece of Theoretical Linguistics whichoutlines an approach to the hitherto undeveloped areas of Parasyntaxand the Sentential Level in Axiomatic Functionalism.The theoretical arguments are supported by descriptive hypothesesconcerning the nature of Spoken English. These descriptions arecorpus-based.The conclusion reached by the author is that not only are Parasyntaxand the Sentential Level distinct in theory (this is axiomatic), butthey are also distinct in their application as regards methodologyand description. This conclusion will undoubtedly prove to becontroversial in the light of recent developments in AxiomaticFunctionalism concerning the Postulates in particular (of which theauthor was at the time of writing unaware), and in the light ofother Functionalist approaches to the nature of intonation andsentences.It is anticipated that this thesis will be of value to thoseinterested in Functionalism as well as those concerned withintonation and the levels of language beyond syntax.