Some reflections on semantic–pragmatic cycles

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ID12821555
AuthorsSalvador Pons Bordería (0000-0001-5788-5506, Universitat de València, corresponding author), Ana Llopis Cardona (0000-0002-7531-8553, Universitat de València)
Year2020
Volume21
Issue2
Pages315-346
Publication date2020-09-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Historical Pragmatics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1566-5852 • E-ISSN: 1569-9854
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jhp.00046.pon
OpenAlexW3088749136
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

This paper explores novel ways to consider semantic–pragmatic cycles using a dual strategy: an inwards strategy, whereby the distinctive traits of a pragmatic cycle are established, and an outwards strategy, whereby the categories that delimit semantic–pragmatic cycles are described. The result of this exploration is the distinction between “pragmatic cycle”, “replication”, “concomitance” and “paradigmatic increase” as four different yet related processes. In addition, this study integrates Construction Grammar into the description of each process and shows that the study of semantic–pragmatic cycles can benefit from a constructional approach, adopting Traugott and Trousdale’s (2013) and Traugott’s (2018) models, and including concepts from European structuralism, particularly the notions of “paradigm”, “diasystem” and “functional language” (“lengua funcional”)

Dual (grammatical number · Grammar · Linguistics · Process (computing · Programming language · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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