CHAMONIKOLASOVÁ, Jana. Retrievability and Activation Cost. In 6th Conference of British, American and Canadian Studies (Proceedings). Prešov: Prešovská univerzita, 2000, p. 134-145. ISBN 80-8068-014-0.
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Original name Retrievability and Activation Cost
Name in Czech Vyveditelnost a aktivační cena
Authors CHAMONIKOLASOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
Edition Prešov, 6th Conference of British, American and Canadian Studies (Proceedings), p. 134-145, 2000.
Publisher Prešovská univerzita
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
Country of publisher Slovakia
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/00:00030530
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 80-8068-014-0
Keywords in English Chafe; Firbas; information flow; FSP; activation cost; retrievability;
Tags activation cost, Chafe, Firbas, FSP, information flow, retrievability
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D., učo 109. Changed: 29/3/2010 01:15.
Abstract
The present paper is a contribution to the study of context in communication. It compares two approaches to the interpretation of given and new information, Jan Firbas's conception of retrievability/irretrievability and Wallace Chafe's conception of activation cost. Both scholars have on several occasions expressed certain reservations concerning some aspects of the other's approach to the analysis of language and defended their own conception (see Chafe 1974:120, 1976:33, 1994:161-164, and Firbas 1987:51-59, 1992:105-107). The aim of the present paper is neither criticism nor defense of either of the two conceptions but rather the localization of potential common ground in the two approaches. The presentation of the two approaches in this paper draws mainly on Firbas's (1992) book Functional sentence perspective in written and spoken communication, Chafe's (1994) book Discourse, Consciousness, and Time; and several papers by the two authors (Firbas 1990, 1995; Chafe 1974, 1976, 1986).
Abstract (in Czech)
Článek srovnává dva přístupy k dichotomii známá/stará informace - nová informace: Firbasovu koncepci vyveditelnosti/nevyveditelnosti a Chafovu koncepci aktivační ceny. Cílem studie je lokalizace rozdílů a společných rysů obou přístupů. Článek se opírá zejména o knihy Jana Firbase "Functional sentence perspective in written and spoken communication" a Wallace Chafa "Discourse, Consciousness, and Time".
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