Accentuation and Interpretation

by H. Schmitz

Overview

Develops a highly original theory of accentuation in which accentuation serves the mere pragmatic function of making utterances well comprehensible. Semantic effects of accentuation are explained as epiphenomena of pragmatic accentuation. The theory is formally elaborated in a model-theoretic framework and experimentally justified.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349280735
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition
Edition description:	1st ed. 2008
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHMITZ is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His research focuses on formal semantics and the pragmatics of natural language.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: Pragmatic and Semantic Effects of Accentuation Optimal Accentuation Cooperative Information Exchange Reconstruction of Messages Optimal Accentuation vs. Focus Accentuation Summary References Index