Towards a Syntactic-Semantic Typology of Presentation Scale Sentences in Fiction Narratives

ADAM, Martin. Towards a Syntactic-Semantic Typology of Presentation Scale Sentences in Fiction Narratives. Brno Studies in English. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, vol. 37, No 1, p. 5-19. ISSN 0524-6881.

Basic information

Original name

Towards a Syntactic-Semantic Typology of Presentation Scale Sentences in Fiction Narratives

Name in Czech

K synatkticko-sémantické typologii prezentačních vět v beletristickém vyprávění

Authors

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

Edition

Brno Studies in English, Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 0524-6881

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14410/11:00053392

Organization unit

Faculty of Education

Keywords (in Czech)

FSP; prezentace; sloveso; škála; vyprávění; Firbas

Keywords in English

FSP; presentation; verb; scale; narrative; Firbas

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

In the framework of FSP every sentence implements one of the dynamic semantic scales, which functionally reflect the distribution of communicative dynamism and operate irrespective of word order. In principle, Firbas distinguishes two types of dynamic semantic scales: the Presentation Scale and the Quality Scale. The present paper looks at the role of the English verb operating in Presentation Scale sentences within fiction narratives from the point of view of both dynamic and static semantics; it also aims at a syntactic-semantic typology of the sentences implementing the Presentation Scale. Specifically, the Firbasian phenomenon of presentation or appearance on the scene is examined and exemplified by means of statistical and FSP analysis of a sample corpus based on a fiction narrative text.

In Czech

Článek se zabývá typologií tzv. prezentačních vět v rámci firbasovské teorie FSP; jako výchozí text využívá beletristického vyprávění.