Lexico‐grammatical patterns and the interpretation of texts

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11273129
AutoresPeter H Fries (Central Michigan University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen15
Número1
Páginas73-91
Fecha de publicación1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDiscourse Processes (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0163-853X • E-ISSN: 1532-6950
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01638539209544802
OpenAlexW2054732906
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas11

It is well‐known that the meanings of sentences are affected by the contexts in which they are perceived. Texts create patterns of meaning which affect how the component sentences are interpreted in context. A careful study of a two‐paragraph text which contains a high concentration of matching relations shows one technique by which this process happens. Repetitions of the experiential relations expressed in the text, together with the matching conjunctive relations which hold between the various messages of the text, establish paradigmatic and syntagmatic patterns in the meanings of the text which encourage readers to interpret the text (and its parts) in certain ways. These patterns also relate to dynamic aspects of the text, such as the use of denials, partial denials, and the probable placement of tonic accent. The technique of analysis proposed here may be extended to examine matching between large portions of a text (as in episodes of a story)

Context (archaeology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Natural language processing · Paragraph · Sentence · Stress (linguistics · Syntagmatic analysis · Computer Science · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence