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Some Notes on the Role of the English Verb in the Context of FSP (Semantic homogeneity within the non-thematic layers)

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  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14410%2F10%3A00051322" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14410/10:00051322 - isvavai.cz</a>

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Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Some Notes on the Role of the English Verb in the Context of FSP (Semantic homogeneity within the non-thematic layers)

  • Original language description

    With regard to the general tendency of English towards nominal expression in predication, it has been largely taken for granted that the verb in English is usually semantically weak. In relation to this phenomenon, the present paper discusses Firbas' treatment of the verb within his theory of functional sentence perspective (FSP), making use of the text material of Stephen Leacock's story "How to live to be 200" from the collection titled Literary Lapses. In the framework of FSP, the English verb tendsto be the mediator (or transition) between the theme and the rheme. The present paper, nevertheless, exemplifies and comments on a somewhat alternative function of the English verb regarding its role in displaying semantic homogeneity of the transitionaltrack. The semantically unified character of the transition is discussed from the point of view of several aspects of the text under analysis, such as gradation effect or aesthetic function.

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  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    C - Chapter in a specialist book

  • CEP classification

    AI - Linguistics

  • OECD FORD branch

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2010

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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  • Book/collection name

    ... for thy speech bewrayeth thee. A Festschrift for Libuše Dušková

  • ISBN

    978-80-7308-299-4

  • Number of pages of the result

    19

  • Pages from-to

    15-33

  • Number of pages of the book

    350

  • Publisher name

    Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze

  • Place of publication

    Praha

  • UT code for WoS chapter