Coherence Establishment as a Source of Explanation in Linguistic Theory

The primary goal of coherence theory is to provide an explanation for the coherence properties of discourse: what properties distinguish a discourse from a mere collection of utterances, and what drives comprehenders to draw inferences in service of establishing coherence. However, the importance of coherence theory goes well beyond that; it also plays a crucial role in theories of a variety of discourse-dependent linguistic phenomena. This article surveys some ways in which coherence theory has been leveraged in this way, appealing to both Relational analyses and Question-Under-Discussion models. Theories of coherence establishment should therefore have a place in the linguist's toolbox as a source of explanation in linguistic theory.

Revisiting aspectual se in Spanish: telicity, statives, and maximization

This paper addresses aspectual se in Spanish. Building on the previous analyses that have been proposed in the literature to account for constructions with aspectual se that mainly focus on the syntax of these (see, e.g., MacDonald, Jonathan E. 2017. Spanish aspectual se as an indirect object reflexive: The import of atelicity, bare nouns, and leísta PCC repairs. Probus. International Journal of Romance Linguistics 29(1). 73–118), this paper provides a semantic account that makes explicit (i) why dynamic predicates must be telic in the presence of se, and (ii) why the very same se can appear with a limited number of stative predicates, which are atelic. The account is implemented in the Figure/Path Relation model in Beavers, John. 2011. On affectedness. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 29(2). 335–370, Figure/Path Relation model. I propose a maximization strategy that captures that dynamic predicates in constructions with se are always telic by indicating the conditions under which the theme has a fixed quantity and the scale/path that may be associated with the verb is bounded. This maximization strategy is then compared to and distinguished from the event maximization strategies proposed for Slavic languages (Filip, Hana. 2008. Events and maximalization: The case of telicity and perfectivity. In Susan Rothstein (ed.), Theoretical and crosslinguistic approaches to the semantics of aspect, 217–256. Amsterdam: John Benjamins) and Hungarian (Kardos, Éva. 2016. Telicity marking in Hungarian. Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics 1(1). 1–37), and to the scale/path maximization strategy proposed for Southern Aymara (Martínez Vera, Gabriel. 2021a. Degree achievements and degree morphemes in competition in Southern Aymara. Linguistics and Philosophy 44. 695–735).

Мультимодальность – мультимедийность – мультиканальность и др. Альтернативные формы передачи информации как проблема лингвистической теории и терминологии

Статья посвящена популярной в современной лингвистике проблеме мультимодальности, т.е. взаимодействию в рамках одного и того же дискурса разных способов кодирования информации – с использованием разных семиотических кодов. Авторы исходят из предпосылки, что суще- ствование альтернативных планов выражения сообщений обусловлено разнородностью их со- держания, а также имеющейся предрасположенностью типов содержания (семантического или прагматического) к определенному способу оформления. Мультимодальный подход рассматрива- ется в контексте медиатизации и технологизации социальной коммуникации. Авторы показывают значительную вариативность существующей в данной области терминологии, объясняют трудно- сти, связанные с употреблением некоторых терминов. Отдельный раздел статьи посвящен общей типологии модульной архитектоники сообщения, учитывающей (в качестве форм репрезентации смысла) разные уровни языковой организации сообщения, разные каналы, разные коды, разные медиаустройства, разные языки и разные (параллельные) сообщения. Multimodality – multimediality – multicanality etc. Alternative forms of the transmission of information as a problem of linguistic theory and terminology Summary: The article is devoted to the problem of multimodality, popular in modern linguistics and seen as an interaction within the same discourse of different methods of encoding and decoding information. The authors proceed from the premise that the existence of alternative plans of the expression of messages is due to the heterogeneity of their content, as well as the existing predisposition of the types of content (semantic or pragmatic) to a certain way of explication. The multimodal approach is considered in the context of the mediatization and technologization of social communication. The authors show a significant variability of the terminology in this area and explain the difficulties associated with the use of some terms. A separate section of the article is devoted to the general typology of modular message architectonics, which takes into account (as forms of meaning representation) different levels of the linguistic organization of a message, different channels, different codes, different media devices, different languages and different (parallel) messages.

Interrelasi Teks Tafsir dan Budaya Jawa dalam Kitab Faidl Al-Rahman Karya Kiai Sholeh Darat

Studi ini merupakan kajian interrelasi terhadap kitab tafsir Faidl al-Rahman dan budaya Jawa dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kepustakaan dan pendekatan linguistik. Studi ini bertujuan untuk menelaah keterkaitan antara teks tafsir dengan budaya lokal masyarakat Jawa yang dianggap sebagai kedinamisan pemaknaan dan pemahaman terhadap al-Qur’an. Berdasarkan teorilinguistik struktural Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid, tulisan ini mengungkap bahwa relasi kebudayaan Jawa dalam tafsir Faidl al-Rahman merupakan signifikansi makna terhadap realitas masyarakat penerima teks sehingga mampu menjelaskan kontekstualisasi ajaran yang terkandung di dalamnya. Implikasi dari kajian ini adalah terbentuknya peta interrelasi antara interpretasi dan kebudayaan sehingga dapat membuat stagnasi teks menjadi makna dinamis agar dapat berdialog dengan masyarakat dan mudah terinternalisasi dalam kehidupan sosial. This study is a study of the interrelationship of the book of interpretation of Faidl al-Rahman and Javanese culture. By using library research methods and linguistic approaches, this study tries to examine the relationship between the interpretation text and the local culture of the Javanese people which is allegedly the dynamic meaning and understanding of the Qur'an. Based on the structural linguistic theory of Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid, this paper reveals that the relation of Javanese culture in Faidl al-Rahman's interpretation is the significance of meaning to the reality of the people who receive the text so as to be able to explain the contextualization of the teachings contained in it. The implication of this study is the formation of a map of the interrelationships between interpretations and culture so that it can make text stagnation into a dynamic meaning in order to have a dialogue with the community and be easily internalized in social life.

Foucault and Chomsky on Grammar and Governmentality

This essay explores the use of the notions of grammar and governmentality in the work of Michel Foucault and Noam Chomsky. The goal is to exhibit the contrast but also mutual influence of these thinkers. Chomsky places his own linguistic theory in what he calls a tradition of Cartesian linguistics. Foucault’s presents an archaeology of general grammar in the French Classical Era. Chomsky and Foucault equally posit principles of governmentality. Both differ in terms of what they think the study of language brings to our understanding of ethical and political freedom. Governmental structure and grammatical structure, for Foucault, are always conventional, rather than essential – merely expressions of power dynamics. For Chomsky, the innate and natural human universality implied by underlying structures, in contrast, intimates a path to freedom from governmental coercion and oppression.

Actors’ and Actresses’ Perceptions on the Applications of Discourse Analysis from a Qualitative and Quantitative Outlook to Musical Theatre

Homo loquens has the ability of language. Language is present in all the aspects of life, including performing arts. The main goal of this proposal is to assess the perception of actors and actresses on a resource which has been developed to help them make the most of the text; the fundaments of this resource are in the linguistic theory. The main goal of this acting resource which combines a quantitative and a qualitative approach to the text is to foster critical thinking. The goal is thus to approach the dramatic text from different perspectives to provoke deep reflections on the text through discourse analysis. Subsidiarily, an interview to a professional actress has been carried out to know her thoughts on the resource and her perception was positive. As a conclusion, it might be interesting to explore the relationships between drama and linguistics.

Dialek Melayu Baling: Satu Pemerian Awal

Berdasarkan fakta, dialek di kawasan pedalaman memiliki sistem linguistik yang berbeza dengan sistem linguistik di kawasan bandar dan pekan. Salah satu dialek di kawasan pedalaman yang ditanggapi memiliki kelainan yang dimaksudkan ialah dialek Melayu yang dituturkan di daerah Baling, Kedah. Artikel ini bertujuan memaparkan pemerian sistem fonologi dialek Melayu tersebut dengan tumpuan terhadap pemerian fonem dan analisis beberapa ciri fonologi bagi mengesahkan dakwaan kelainannya. Pemerian fonem dilakukan berdasarkan kaedah yang ditetapkan dalam Basic Linguistic Theory; manakala analisis ciri fonologi pula dikerjakan dengan menerapkan kerangka dialektologi diakronik yang memfokuskan pemerian, perbandingan dan pengelompokan. Kewujudan konsonan [É£] dan proses fonologi seperti penyatuan nasal BMP *-am kepada [-an], penyatuan diftong BMP *-aw dan *-ay kepada [É”] selain pengekalan BMP *É£ di awal dan di antara vokal dan penggugurannya di akhir yang mengubah nilai vokal sebelumnya jelas menunjukkan bahawa dialek Melayu di Baling memerlukan kelihan yang berbeza daripada tanggapan pengkaji lepas. Kelihan yang dimaksudkan menegaskan bahawa dialek tersebut wajar dianggap sebagai dialek tersendiri yang memerlukan nomenklatur dan pengelompokan baharu daripada hanya sekadar dikelompokkan di bawah subdialek Melayu Kedah. Implikasi penemuan seperti ini secara tidak langsung menolak perspektif umum tentang pengelompokan dialek Melayu Semenanjung yang masih melihat kewujudan dialek tersendiri dalam sesebuah negeri dianggap sebagai "subdialek" kepada dialek negeri berkenaan.