Testing Semantic Homogeneity of the Rhematic Track Through Parallel Annotation of Information Structure (A Case Study in FSP Potentiality)

DRÁPELA, Martin. Testing Semantic Homogeneity of the Rhematic Track Through Parallel Annotation of Information Structure (A Case Study in FSP Potentiality). Neuveden, 2013, p. nestránkováno.

Basic information

• Original name: Testing Semantic Homogeneity of the Rhematic Track Through Parallel Annotation of Information Structure (A Case Study in FSP Potentiality)
• Authors: DRÁPELA, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: p. nestránkováno, 2013.
• Publisher: Neuveden

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Popularizing texts and activities
• Field of Study: 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: http://philologica.net/studia/20131230123000.htm
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/13:00070694
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: annotation; functional sentence perspective; potentiality; semantic homogeneity
• Tags: Functional Sentence Perspective, rivok
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

The article presents the results of a short parallel analysis of information structure of a stretch of an English folk tale. The analysis, carried out within the framework of functional sentence perspective (FSP), was designed in order to verify a claim made about the rhematic track (layer) of the stretch by Jan Firbas in a paper published in 1981, and was oriented towards finding a degree of annotator agreement in places of FSP potentiality. The results seem to confirm Firbas's claim that a reader's awareness of the phenomenon of semantic homogeneity may contribute to a more accurate reading of the message of the text.