Jan Firbas, the man who had a calling

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Jan Firbas, the man who had a calling

ADAM, Martin

Basic information

Original name

Jan Firbas, the man who had a calling

Authors

ADAM, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Linguistica Pragensia, Praha, Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2021, 0862-8432

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku (nerecenzovaný)

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.071 in 2012

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/21:00123076

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

UT WoS

000725700700007

Keywords (in Czech)

Firbas; funkční; větná; perspektiva;

Keywords in English

Firbas; functional; sentence; perspective;

Abstract

V originále

In his numerous papers, Mathesius endeavoured to establish the essential principles rendering word order; he “allots the leading role to the grammatical principle, ranking FSP only with factors of secondary importance” (Firbas 1974). Further research on the position of word order in the English language showed that besides word order (and intonation in spoken language), semantic structure operates as an effective means of FSP. In 1964, Jan Firbas published a paper on functional sentence perspective, introducing the concept of communicative dynamism (CD). In his article, he defines the degree of CD as “the extent to which the element contributes towards the development of the communication” (Firbas 1964). As has been proved many times, Firbas’ understanding a sentence as a field of distribution of CD (accompanied by the factors of context and semantic structure) provides us with one of the most effective approaches towards the study of language (for more details, see Adam 2006). The theory of functional sentence perspective (FSP) represents the teaching of the Prague School of linguistics and has been developed both by Prague and Brno University scholars, Jan Firbas in particular. The author recalls Jan Firbas, who would have turned 100 years of age in 2021, as a man of faith.

Citovat

ADAM, Martin. Jan Firbas, the man who had a calling. Linguistica Pragensia. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2021, vol. 31, No 2, p. 252-255. ISSN 0862-8432.

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ADAM, Martin. Jan Firbas, the man who had a calling. \textit{Linguistica Pragensia}. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2021, vol.~31, No~2, p.~252-255. ISSN~0862-8432.

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