Introduction to Linguistics I: Meaning and Use/ Summer Term 2006/ Daniel Wiechmann/ Session Topic Reading 19.4

Introduction to Linguistics I: Meaning and Use/ Summer Term 2006/ Daniel Wiechmann/ Session Topic Reading 19.4

IInnttrroodduucctitioonn ttoo lilinngguuiissttiiccss II:: MMeeaanniinngg aanndd UUssee SSuummmmeerr TTeerrmm 22000066 Daniel Wiechmann daniel.wiechmann(at)uni-jena.de www.daniel-wiechmann.net 03641-944534 Office hour: Mo 3.00 - 4.00 SSccooppee ooff tthhisis ccoouurrssee 11.. PPrreerreeqquuiissiitteess a.a. WWhhaatt iiss lliinngguuiissttiicc kknnoowwlleeddggee?? b.b. WWhhaatt aarree tthhee ffuunnccttiioonnss ooff llaanngguuaaggee?? c.c. WWhhaatt aarree tthhee ddeessiiggnn ffeeaattuurreess ooff nnaattuurraall llaanngguuaaggee?? d.d. WWhhaatt bbrraanncchheess aanndd mmeetthhooddss aarree tthheerree iinn lliinngguuiissttiiccss?? 22.. MMeeaanniinngg:: AApppprrooaacchheess ttoo tthhee sseemmaannttiiccss ooff nnaattuurraall llaanngguuaaggeess 33.. BBeeyyoonndd mmeeaanniinngg:: SSppeeeecchh AAcctt TThheeoorryy aanndd GGrriicceeaann IInnffeerreennccee CCoouurrssee sscchheedduulele Introduction to Linguistics I: Meaning and Use/ Summer Term 2006/ Daniel Wiechmann/ session topic reading 19.4. 1 introductory session n.a. s e i Akmajian et al. 1995 p. 5-9 AND r a the sign & functions of language n Dirven/Verspoor 1998/2004 1-4 26.4. 2 i m i l 3.5. 3 e linguistic knowledge Fromkin/Rodman 1998 3-27 r 10.5. 4 p design features of language Yule 1996 p. 19-69 17.5. 5 branches and methods in linguistics Saeed Ch. 1 3-22 24.5. 6 meaning, thought and reality Saeed Ch. 2 23-52 s c 31.5. 7 i (cont) (cont) t n 7.6. 8 a word meaning Saeed Ch. 3 53-79 m e 14.6. 9 s sentence relations and truth Saeed Ch. 4 79-106 21.6. 10 (cont) (cont) s 28.6. 11 c Gricean maxims Saeed Ch. 7 172-202 i t 29.6. 12 a (cont) (cont) m g 5.7. 13 a speech act theory Saeed Ch. 8 203-227 r 12.7. 14 p (cont) (cont) 19.7. 15 final exam Good Luck CCoouurrssee rreeqquuiirreemmeenntsts 11.. CoCommee ttoo ccllaassss pprreeppaarreedd,, aanndd ppaarrttiicciippaattee 22.. SShhoorrtt hhoommeewwoorrkk aassssiiggnnmmeennttss aasskkiinngg yyoouu ttoo ddiissccuussss ((ssoommee aassppeecctt ooff)) aa tteexxtt 33.. FFiinnaall eexxaamm RReeccoommmmeennddaattiioonnss:: GGeenneerraall IInnttrroo AAkkmmaajjiiaann eett aall.. ((22000011)) LLiinngguuiissttiiccss:: AAnn IInnttrroodduuccttiioonn ttoo LLaanngguuaaggee aanndd CoCommmmuunniiccaattiioonn.. CCaammbbrriiddggee,, MMAA:: MMIITT PPrreessss RReeccoommmmeennddaattiioonnss:: RReessoouurrccee BBuußßmmaannnn ((11999999)) RRoouuttlleeddggee DDiiccttiioonnaarryy ooff LLaanngguuaaggee aanndd LLiinngguuiissttiiccss.. – IISSBBNN 00441155220033119988 LLeexxiikkoonn ddeerr SSpprraacchhwwiisssseennsscchhaafftt – IISSBBNN 33552200445522003300 RReeccoommmmeennddaattiioonnss:: CCoouurrssee bbooookk SSaaeeeedd ((22000033)) SSeemmaannttiiccss – ISBN:: 00663311222266993311 WWhhaatt iiss ((nnaattuurraall)) llaanngguuaaggee?? LLaanngguuaaggee iiss aa ssyysstteemm ooff ccoommmumunniiccaattiioonn HHuummaann llaanngguuaaggee iiss tthhee momosstt ppoowweerrffuull ccoommmmuunniiccaattiioonn ssyysstteemm iinn tthhee kknnoowwnn uunniivveerrssee WWhhaatt iiss ((nnaattuurraall)) llaanngguuaaggee?? ““NNaattuurraall llaanngguuaaggee”” oonnllyy aapppplliieess ttoo aa llaanngguuaaggee tthhaatt hhaass eevvoollvveedd nnaattuurraallllyy,, aanndd tthhee ssttuuddyy ooff nnaattuurraall llaanngguuaaggee pprriimmaarriillyy iinnvvoollvveess nnaattiivvee ((ffiirrsstt llaanngguuaaggee)) ssppeeaakkeerrss.. TThhee uunnddeerrssttaannddiinngg ooff nnaattuurraall llaanngguuaaggeess rreevveeaallss mmuucchh aabboouutt hhooww tthhee hhuummaann mmiinndd aanndd tthhee hhuummaann bbrraaiinn ffuunnccttiioonn.. WWhhaatt iiss lilinngguuiissttiiccss?? LLiinngguuiissttiiccss iiss tthhee sscciieennttiiffiicc ssttuuddyy ooff hhuummaann llaanngguuaaggee.. HHooww ddoo wwee ggeett ffrroomm tthhee pphhyyssiiccaall pprrooppeerrttiieess ooff tthhee ssoouunndd wwaavveess iinn uutttteerraanncceess ttoo tthhee iinntteennttiioonnss ooff ssppeeaakkeerrss ttoowwaarrddss ootthheerrss iinn ccoonnvveerrssaattiioonnss?? – switch to praat visualization about here – sound snippet WWhhaatt iiss lilinngguuiissttiiccss?? LLiinngguuiissttiicc ddeessccrriippttiioonn iiss aann aatttteemmpptt ttoo rreefflleecctt aa ssppeeaakkeerr‘‘ss ((uunnccoonnsscciioouuss)) kknnoowwlleeddggee aabboouutt hhiiss nnaattiivvee llaanngguuaaggee.. TThhiiss ddeessccrriippttiioonn iiss ddeevviiddeedd iinnttoo aa sseett ooff ssuubbffiieellddss ((bbrraanncchheess)) WWhhaatt iiss lilinngguuiissttiiccss?? BBrraanncchheess ooff lliinngguuiissttiiccss ((ccoorree)):: – PPhhoonneettiiccss Introduction to Phonetics – PPhhoonnoollooggyy and Phonology – MMoorrpphhoollooggyy Introduction (II): – SSyynnttaaxx Morphosyntax – SSeemmaannttiiccss Introduction (I): – PPrraaggmmaattiiccss Meaning and Use WWhhaatt eellssee isis tthheerree?? ((ppeerriipphheerraall bbrraanncchheess)) PPssyycchhoolliinngguuiissttiiccss – NNeeuurroolliinngguuiissttiiccss CCoommppuuttaattiioonnaall lliinngguuiissttiiccss Natural Language Processing – CCoorrppuuss--lliinngguuiissttiiccss DDiissccoouurrssee aannaallyyssiiss HHiissttoorriiccaall lliinngguuiissttiiccss AApppplliieedd lliinngguuiissttiiccss [[......]] SSyymmbboolliicc uunniitsts ((ssiiggnnss)) LLaanngguuaaggee ccaann bbee vviieewweedd aass aa ssyysstteemm ooff ssiiggnnss,, ii..ee.. ppaaiirriinnggss ooff ffoorrmm aanndd mmeeaanniinngg.. AA ssiiggnn iiss ssoommeetthhiinngg wwhhiicchh ssttaannddss ffoorr ssoommeetthhiinngg eellssee.. SIGN meaning Two sides of the coin: Form and Meaning form SSeemmaannttiiccss -- TThhee sstutuddyy ooff memeaanniningg iinn llaanngguuaaggee i. I did not mean to hurt you. intention ii. He never says what he means. intention to convey meaning iii. She never means what she says. intention diverging from meaning ___________________________ *Cf. Ogden, C. K. & I. A. Richards. 1923. The meaning of meaning. London: K egan Paul. SSeemmaannttiiccss -- TThhee sstutuddyy ooff memeaanniningg iinn llaanngguuaaggee i. Life without faith has no meaning. value, significance ii. What is the meaning of carnivorous? language meaning iii. What do you mean by the word concept? speaker meaning iv. Dark clouds mean rain. indexical meaning SSeemmaannttiiccss -- TThhee sstutuddyy ooff memeaanniningg iinn llaanngguuaaggee i. He means well, but he’s rather clumsy. friendly disposition, intentions ii. It was John I meant not Harry. reference iii. Fame and riches meant nothing to the true scholar. importance, significance SSeemmaannttiiccss -- TThhee sstutuddyy ooff memeaanniningg ooff lalanngguuaaggee Linguistic expressions have Language/linguistic meaning (conventional) meanings Linguistics expressions stand in some relation to an extra- Reference linguitic reality (world) What speakers try to communicate is usually Speaker meaning richer than what is said (strictly speaking). SSeemmaannttiiccss -- TThhee sstutuddyy ooff memeaanniningg ooff lalanngguuaaggee <bank> : Language/linguistic meaning 1. financial institution 2. Land sloping along each side of a river Reference <bank> S1: What time is it? Speaker meaning S2: Well, the milkman has just c ome. FFuunncctitioonnss ooff lalanngguuaaggee SSigignnss Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) What relations can hold between form and meaning? Sign: pairing of form F and meaning S SSigignnss link between F and S motivated not motivated C.S. Peirce (1839-1914) (arbitrary) contiguity similarity convention Index Icon Symbol SSigignnss i. signpost for traffic pointing towards the direction of the next town ii. inverted triangle (traffic sign) iii. smoke iv. <smoke> v. raising of eyebrows vi. 3 (Arabic number) vii. III (Roman number) SSigignnss similarity Sign B arbitrariness Sign A contiguity TThehe prpriincnciiplplee ofof iindendexixiccaalliittyy iinn llaanguanguagege i. I am now here TThehe prpriincnciiplplee ofof iindendexixiccaalliittyy iinn llaanguanguagege Indexical (deictic) expressions I, you, he,... Now, then, tomorrow ... Need to be interpreted Here, there, ... against a deictic centre come, go, ... [...] TThehe prpriincnciiplplee ofof iindendexixiccaalliittyy iinn llaanguanguagege deictic orientation versus inherent orientation TThehe prpriincnciiplplee ofof iicconionicciittyy iinn llaanguanguagege I. Principle of sequential order Virginia got married and had a baby Bill painted the green door|door green II. Principle of distance I made her leave I wanted her to leave I hoped that she would leave III. Principle of quantity That‘s a looooooong story AA ssimpimpllee momoddeell ooff ccoommmumunniiccaattioionn concentrates on the (intentional) “transfer” of information (i) I did not manage to get my ideas on paper (ii) The lecturer did not get his ideas across BBüühhlleerr II Die Dinge Karl Bühler (1879-1963) Organum Einer (sender) Der Andere (receiver) BBüühhlleerr IIII:: OOrrggaannoonn MMooddeellll Karl Bühler (1879-1963) MMuullttipipllee lelevveellss:: AAnn eexxaampmplele Scenario: A and B are sitting in a car. A is driving. B is on passenger seat. B:“It’s green.” Aspects of the message: •Sachverhaltsinformation (descriptive): The traffic-lights indicate that crossing the road is now permitted. •Appell (conative): Get going! •Beziehungshinweis (phatic): Your reaction time is longer than mine •Selbstoffenbarung (emotive): I am in a hurry! JJaaccoobbssoonn Roman Jacobson (1896-1982) JJaaccoobbssoonn Communication functions 1 referential (= contextual information) 2 poetic (= autotelic) 3 emotive (= self-expression) 4 conative (= vocative or imperative addressing of Roman Jacobson (1896-1982) receiver) 5 phatic (= checking channel working) 6 metalingual (= checking code working) JJaaccoobbssoonn “One of the six functions is always the dominant function in a

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