Abstract
We move words and words move us. To describe and explain how and why
this happens, the present article focuses on Prague traditions, both on the
philosophical and linguistic elements. The semantic and syntactic approach is
summarized, as developed by Anton Marty, belonging to the Brentano school,
and by Vilém Mathesius, founder of the Prague Linguistic Circle, as well as
by Jan Firbas, who developed the functional sentence perspective (FSP) into
the theory of communicative dynamism (CD). The four Principles of FSP
and the four factors of CD are highlighted, together with the related criticism
that stems from a systematic work of corpus annotation, a true test procedure
for any theory concerned with word order, the interplay between lexicon and
morphology, rhythm, intonation and their effects on the addressee’s psychic
and emotive processes and life.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 17-30 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | GESTALT THEORY |
Volume | 42 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Ganze und Teile
- Intersubjektvität
- Sprache
- Wortstellung
- intersubjectivity,
- language
- motio affectuum
- parts and wholes
- word order