The Cognitive Grammar Approach to Information Structure

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  • 認知文法において焦点構造を扱うための枠組みに関する試論
  • ニンチ ブンポウ ニ オイテ ショウテン コウゾウ オ アツカウ タメ ノ ワクグミ ニ カンスル シロン

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The aim of this paper is to modify the access-and-activation model proposed by Langacker (2012), which was brought up to account for the dynamic aspects of language. The problem the access-and-activation model suffers from is rooted in its premise that information sharing is achieved through activating newly introduced linguistic components in the hearer ' s mind; what matters is managing the activation state of linguistic components of an utterance. However, it is argued that this model cannot offer an adequate explanation on what makes a whole utterance as a proposition informative. This paper proposes a modified version of the access-and-activation model that incorporates the higher dimension of conveying propositions, and introduces "focus frame" and "activation frame" as subclasses of frames of attention. The application of the proposed model is shown by brief analyses of some information-related phenomena such as cleft-sentences.

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  • 言語科学論集

    言語科学論集 26 1-22, 2020-12

    Department of Linguistic Science, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

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