Arie Verhagen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 813698 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Arie Verhagen |
| NOMBRES | Arie |
| APELLIDO | Verhagen |
| FIRMA | VERHAGEN A |
| AFILIACIONES | Leiden University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2773-0989 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 27 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 114 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1980 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The origins of perspective taking lie in iconic language use
This paper proposes a theoretical reduction of the existence of perspective taking in discourse to the combination of two basic methods of communication: iconic simulation, and description by means of conventional symbols. This includes an integration of the depiction theory of quotation and a pragmatic version of the theory of signs. Perspective taking is argued to be a consequence of the iconic simulation of acts, linguistic acts in particular.…
Years of Dichotomies
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Recursive embedding of viewpoints, irregularity, and the role for a flexible framework
This paper discusses several conventional perspective operators at the lexical, grammatical, and narrative levels. When combined with each other and with particular contexts, these operators can amount to unexpected viewpoints arrangements. Traditional conceptualisations in terms of viewpoint embedding and the regular shifting from one viewpoint to the other are argued to be insufficient for describing these arrangements in all their nuances and …
Shifting tenses, viewpoints, and the nature of narrative communication
This paper first develops a theoretically motivated view of narrative as a special form of inferential, cooperative human communication, of the role that the past tense plays in the intersubjective coordination of narrators and readers, viz. that of ‘curtailing’ the immediate argumentative applicability of the represented situation, and of its relation to viewpoint management. In three case studies, it is subsequently shown how this helps to eluc…
Beyond triadic communication
Coordinating different viewpoints is an essential part of human interaction. Languages have evolved conventional ways of supporting this process: many linguistic items are somehow involved in viewpoint management, ranging from morphological elements and lexical units to grammatical constructions and narrative patterns. In this paper we propose a conceptual model for analysing how particular instances (or combinations) of such linguistic items can…
Viewpoint and the Fabric of Meaning
Viewpoint and the Fabric of Meaning
Grammar and cooperative communication
The linking problem is a special case of a general problem none of us has solved
In this commentary, we focus on the linking problem Ambridge, Pine, and Lieven identify. Instead of taking a stance on the issue of universal grammar itself, we adopt an epistemological and methodological perspective on language acquisition research. We argue that the problem, linking the input to preexisting representations, constitutes just a small part of a larger methodological problem, namely how to link the input a learner receives, through…
German children's productivity with simple transitive and complement-clause constructions
The development of abstract schemas and productive rules in language is affected by both token and type frequencies. High token frequencies and surface similarities help to discover formal and functional commonalities between utterances and categorize them as instances of the same schema. High type frequencies and diversity help to develop slots in these schemas, which allow the production and comprehension of novel utterances. In the current stu…
A cultural evolutionary model of patterns in semantic change
Language change has been described as an unintended effect of language in use (Keller, On language change: The invisible hand in language, Routledge, 1994). In this view, change results from the way individuals use their language; the challenge is thus to explain change and its properties in terms of factors operating on the individual level, and population dynamics. An intriguing example of such a phenomenon is the finding that language change s…
The conception of constructions as complex signs
Generally, construction based approaches to grammar consider constructions to be pairings of form and meaning and thus as a kind of signs, not essentially distinct from words and other lexical items. Granting this commonality, Langacker (2005) criticizes other varieties of constructional approaches for using the notion ‘grammatical form’, and for not reducing the properties of grammar to the more fundamental and minimal notions of sound, meaning,…
Intersubjectivity and explanation in linguistics
Let me start by saying that I very much appreciate both the effort that Hinzen and Van Lambalgen (hereafter, H&L) have put into commenting on Constructions of Intersubjectivity (hereafter, CoI), and their comments as such. It is important for all cognitive disciplines studying language that representatives from different schools of thought try to address each other's work, in terms of both results and foundations. We may not reach agreement as a …
Causality in verbs and in discourse connectives
Discourse connections—managing inferences across perspectives
Intersubjectivity—mutual management of cognitive states
This chapter argues that solving small grammatical puzzles involves some fundamental decisions on basic assumptions about human language and especially meaning. The work shows that the fact that a particular general view makes it possible to solve a number of more and less classic specific grammatical problems constitutes evidence for the usefulness of this general view. The chapter also describes major theoretical issues on human specialization,…
Negation and virtual argumentation
This chapter discusses concepts on negation and perspectives such as mental spaces and sentential vs. morphological negation. It describes conventional linguistic constraints on intersubjective coordination, including the let alone construction, usage of barely and almost, and the negation system for intersubjective coordination. Some unsolved let alone problems include non-semantic negative polarity, pragmatic point in first conjunct, and the de…
Concluding Remarks
This chapter concludes that not everything is intersubjectivity, though intersubjectivity is widespread. There is a strong dialectics between specific, sometimes minute problems of linguistic analysis and very general views of the function and structure of language. The chapter claims that the grammatical phenomena discussed in the previous chapters require a view of language according to which it is completely normal that the function of grammat…
Finite complements—putting conceptualizers on stage
This chapter discusses two ways of looking at complements. It describes problems with clauses as constituents, including issues of grammatical analysis like direct object vs. oblique object and subject vs. predicate and issues of discourse analysis and language. The chapter also explains the use and structure of complementation constructions. The following are shown: the special role of complementation in discourse structure, a template and its m…
Constructions of Intersubjectivity
This book shows that the meaning of grammatical constructions often has more to do with the human cognitive capacity for taking other peoples' points of view than with describing the world. Treating pragmatics, semantics, and syntax in parallel and integrating insights from linguistics, psychology, and studies in animal behaviour, the book develops a new understanding of linguistic communication. In doing so it shows the continuity between langua…
From parts to wholes and back again
In this paper, I apply the usage-based conception of linguistic (primarily: semantic) structure (Langacker 1988, 2000) to a number of structurally different phenomena and their development over time. I argue that the same mechanisms are operative in the historical development of some complex conceptual structures that are not formally complex, and of some others where conceptual structure does correspond to formal structure. It is claimed that th…
Concession implies causality, though in some other space
This paper addresses the issue of the relationship between concessivity and causality, in the sense that these concepts can and should be construed äs parallel, concessivity being in some sense a negative counterpart of causality.It is argued that in order to avoid the risk of internal contradiction and other conceptual problems, it is necessary to construe the relationship in terms of partly but not completely similar 'points of view', or mental…
Concession implies causality, though in some other space
This paper addresses the issue of the relationship between concessivity and causality, in the sense that these concepts can and should be construed s parallel, concessivity being in some sense a negative counterpart of causality.It is argued that in order to avoid the risk of internal contradiction and other conceptual problems, it is necessary to construe the relationship in terms of partly but not completely similar 'points of view', or mental …
Interaction and causation
Does Dutch really have a Passive
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Constructions of Intersubjectivity
This book shows that the meaning of grammatical constructions often has more to do with the human cognitive capacity for taking other peoples' points of view than with describing the world. Treating pragmatics, semantics, and syntax in parallel and integrating insights from linguistics, psychology, and studies in animal behaviour, the book develops a new understanding of linguistic communication. In doing so it shows the continuity between langua…
The grammar of causatives and the conceptual structure of events
Analytic causative constructions can best be described s extensions of simpler kinds of expressions, rather than s reductions from more complex underlying structures.In particular, causatives of intransitive predicates (e.g.I made Mary cryj are viewed s modelled on simple two-participant clauses (like I ate the cake,), and causatives of transitive predicates (e.g.He had the servant taste the foodj are seen s modelled on simple threeparticipant cl…
Interaction and causation
Causality in verbs and in discourse connectives
From parts to wholes and back again
In this paper, I apply the usage-based conception of linguistic (primarily: semantic) structure (Langacker 1988, 2000) to a number of structurally different phenomena and their development over time. I argue that the same mechanisms are operative in the historical development of some complex conceptual structures that are not formally complex, and of some others where conceptual structure does correspond to formal structure. It is claimed that th…
German children's productivity with simple transitive and complement-clause constructions
The development of abstract schemas and productive rules in language is affected by both token and type frequencies. High token frequencies and surface similarities help to discover formal and functional commonalities between utterances and categorize them as instances of the same schema. High type frequencies and diversity help to develop slots in these schemas, which allow the production and comprehension of novel utterances. In the current stu…
Praxis of linguistics
This paper examines the two major forms of passives in Dutch: with the auxiliary worden 'to become', and with zijn 'to be'. In contrast to traditional approaches, it takes the view that this usage is related to other uses of the verbs (i.e. passives are viewedas analyzable). Thisprovides anaturalframeworkfor an integrated description of Standard and non-Standardforms of passives. More importantly, it explains a striking difference in actual usage…
Shifting tenses, viewpoints, and the nature of narrative communication
This paper first develops a theoretically motivated view of narrative as a special form of inferential, cooperative human communication, of the role that the past tense plays in the intersubjective coordination of narrators and readers, viz. that of ‘curtailing’ the immediate argumentative applicability of the represented situation, and of its relation to viewpoint management. In three case studies, it is subsequently shown how this helps to eluc…
Intersubjectivity and explanation in linguistics
Let me start by saying that I very much appreciate both the effort that Hinzen and Van Lambalgen (hereafter, H&L) have put into commenting on Constructions of Intersubjectivity (hereafter, CoI), and their comments as such. It is important for all cognitive disciplines studying language that representatives from different schools of thought try to address each other's work, in terms of both results and foundations. We may not reach agreement as a …
Pragmatic markedness and syntax
Praxis of linguistics
This paper examines the two major forms of passives in Dutch: with the auxiliary worden 'to become', and with zijn 'to be'. In contrast to traditional approaches, it takes the view that this usage is related to other uses of the verbs (i.e. passives are viewedas analyzable). Thisprovides anaturalframeworkfor an integrated description of Standard and non-Standardforms of passives. More importantly, it explains a striking difference in actual usage…
The grammar of causatives and the conceptual structure of events
Analytic causative constructions can best be described s extensions of simpler kinds of expressions, rather than s reductions from more complex underlying structures.In particular, causatives of intransitive predicates (e.g.I made Mary cryj are viewed s modelled on simple two-participant clauses (like I ate the cake,), and causatives of transitive predicates (e.g.He had the servant taste the foodj are seen s modelled on simple threeparticipant cl…
Does Dutch really have a Passive
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Interaction and causation
Concession implies causality, though in some other space
This paper addresses the issue of the relationship between concessivity and causality, in the sense that these concepts can and should be construed äs parallel, concessivity being in some sense a negative counterpart of causality.It is argued that in order to avoid the risk of internal contradiction and other conceptual problems, it is necessary to construe the relationship in terms of partly but not completely similar 'points of view', or mental…
Concession implies causality, though in some other space
This paper addresses the issue of the relationship between concessivity and causality, in the sense that these concepts can and should be construed s parallel, concessivity being in some sense a negative counterpart of causality.It is argued that in order to avoid the risk of internal contradiction and other conceptual problems, it is necessary to construe the relationship in terms of partly but not completely similar 'points of view', or mental …
From parts to wholes and back again
In this paper, I apply the usage-based conception of linguistic (primarily: semantic) structure (Langacker 1988, 2000) to a number of structurally different phenomena and their development over time. I argue that the same mechanisms are operative in the historical development of some complex conceptual structures that are not formally complex, and of some others where conceptual structure does correspond to formal structure. It is claimed that th…
Discourse connections—managing inferences across perspectives
Intersubjectivity—mutual management of cognitive states
This chapter argues that solving small grammatical puzzles involves some fundamental decisions on basic assumptions about human language and especially meaning. The work shows that the fact that a particular general view makes it possible to solve a number of more and less classic specific grammatical problems constitutes evidence for the usefulness of this general view. The chapter also describes major theoretical issues on human specialization,…
Negation and virtual argumentation
This chapter discusses concepts on negation and perspectives such as mental spaces and sentential vs. morphological negation. It describes conventional linguistic constraints on intersubjective coordination, including the let alone construction, usage of barely and almost, and the negation system for intersubjective coordination. Some unsolved let alone problems include non-semantic negative polarity, pragmatic point in first conjunct, and the de…
Concluding Remarks
This chapter concludes that not everything is intersubjectivity, though intersubjectivity is widespread. There is a strong dialectics between specific, sometimes minute problems of linguistic analysis and very general views of the function and structure of language. The chapter claims that the grammatical phenomena discussed in the previous chapters require a view of language according to which it is completely normal that the function of grammat…
Finite complements—putting conceptualizers on stage
This chapter discusses two ways of looking at complements. It describes problems with clauses as constituents, including issues of grammatical analysis like direct object vs. oblique object and subject vs. predicate and issues of discourse analysis and language. The chapter also explains the use and structure of complementation constructions. The following are shown: the special role of complementation in discourse structure, a template and its m…
Constructions of Intersubjectivity
This book shows that the meaning of grammatical constructions often has more to do with the human cognitive capacity for taking other peoples' points of view than with describing the world. Treating pragmatics, semantics, and syntax in parallel and integrating insights from linguistics, psychology, and studies in animal behaviour, the book develops a new understanding of linguistic communication. In doing so it shows the continuity between langua…
Intersubjectivity and explanation in linguistics
Let me start by saying that I very much appreciate both the effort that Hinzen and Van Lambalgen (hereafter, H&L) have put into commenting on Constructions of Intersubjectivity (hereafter, CoI), and their comments as such. It is important for all cognitive disciplines studying language that representatives from different schools of thought try to address each other's work, in terms of both results and foundations. We may not reach agreement as a …
Causality in verbs and in discourse connectives
The conception of constructions as complex signs
Generally, construction based approaches to grammar consider constructions to be pairings of form and meaning and thus as a kind of signs, not essentially distinct from words and other lexical items. Granting this commonality, Langacker (2005) criticizes other varieties of constructional approaches for using the notion ‘grammatical form’, and for not reducing the properties of grammar to the more fundamental and minimal notions of sound, meaning,…
A cultural evolutionary model of patterns in semantic change
Language change has been described as an unintended effect of language in use (Keller, On language change: The invisible hand in language, Routledge, 1994). In this view, change results from the way individuals use their language; the challenge is thus to explain change and its properties in terms of factors operating on the individual level, and population dynamics. An intriguing example of such a phenomenon is the finding that language change s…
German children's productivity with simple transitive and complement-clause constructions
The development of abstract schemas and productive rules in language is affected by both token and type frequencies. High token frequencies and surface similarities help to discover formal and functional commonalities between utterances and categorize them as instances of the same schema. High type frequencies and diversity help to develop slots in these schemas, which allow the production and comprehension of novel utterances. In the current stu…
The linking problem is a special case of a general problem none of us has solved
In this commentary, we focus on the linking problem Ambridge, Pine, and Lieven identify. Instead of taking a stance on the issue of universal grammar itself, we adopt an epistemological and methodological perspective on language acquisition research. We argue that the problem, linking the input to preexisting representations, constitutes just a small part of a larger methodological problem, namely how to link the input a learner receives, through…
Grammar and cooperative communication
Viewpoint and the Fabric of Meaning
Viewpoint and the Fabric of Meaning
Beyond triadic communication
Coordinating different viewpoints is an essential part of human interaction. Languages have evolved conventional ways of supporting this process: many linguistic items are somehow involved in viewpoint management, ranging from morphological elements and lexical units to grammatical constructions and narrative patterns. In this paper we propose a conceptual model for analysing how particular instances (or combinations) of such linguistic items can…
Years of Dichotomies
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