Functions of Articles in verbal groups with accusative object (in Language System and Narration Cover Image

Funktionen des Artikels in verbal-nominalen Gruppen mit Akkusativobjekt (anhand des Sprachsystems und der Narration/Corpora)
Functions of Articles in verbal groups with accusative object (in Language System and Narration

Author(s): Olga A. Kostrova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Semantics, Cognitive linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: cognitive and semantic influence; determinacy; rhematic position; new grammaticalization

Summary/Abstract: The problem of verb and noun interdependency means the interrelation of verbal and nominal semantics on the one hand and the cognitive background of communicating persons on the other hand. In linguistics, there is a hypothesis about the analogy of functional spheres of verb and noun concerning the determinacy of both. It is a matter of coordination between verbal aspect and article usage. Following questions are in the hypothesis unsolved: what exactly determinacy means; if the analogy includes the language system and narration; if the verbal and nouns semantics coordinates with the cognitive background; what factors influence the article use by the accusative object and how the cognitive interrelation is in languages that have no article. In the paper, these questions are researched.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 43-58
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: German