Options in the Pragmatic Structuring of Guarani Sentences

Bibliographic Data

ID2903595
AuthorsRobert A Dooley (corresponding author)
Year1982
Volume58
Issue2
Pages307-331
Publication date1982-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/lan.1982.0035
OpenAlexW2002431861
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited10

The pragmatic structuring of a Guaraní sentence is realized primarily by constituent structure. The syntactic elements of a sentence are partitioned into pragmatic components which, when related syntagmatically by scope and pragmatic function, typically form a right-branching structure. In the unmarked case, the pragmatic nucleus has unmarked Topic plus Core. An expression becomes marked when (a final segment of) the nucleus is given a binary pragmatic structure, highlighted by intonation and other features, with the marked expression as the first constituent. The remaining constituent may in turn be pragmatically structured. Marked pragmatic structuring reflects specific pragmatic conditions. This analysis accounts for most occurrences of marked wordorder, the placement of the intonation center and other intonation peaks, certain free subjects (both nouns and pronouns), various particles, and other boundary phenomena

Context (archaeology) · Expression (computer science) · Information Structure · Intonation (linguistics) · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Noun · Political science · Pragmatics · Sentence · Structuring · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation