S?V Semantic Affinity in Presentation Sentences with Preverbal Rhematic Subject

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

S?V Semantic Affinity in Presentation Sentences with Preverbal Rhematic Subject

Original language description

Firmly anchored in the Praguian theory of functional sentence perspective (FSP), the present paper discusses the prototypical type of sentences implementing the so?called Presentation Scale (i.e., that containing a rhematic subject in preverbal position)within fiction narrative discourse. Special attention is paid to the semantic affinity operating between the subject and the predicate; in such distributional fields (cf. A bird chirped on the twig) the verbs seem to semantically support the character of their subjects. Thus, the S?V affinity appears to play a significant role in enabling the English verb to express existence or appearance on the scene in an implicit way. The phenomenon of semantic affinity is discussed on the basis of FSP investigation of a sample corpus of narrative texts compiled and processed by the author.

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AI - Linguistics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

ELOPE (English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries)

ISSN

1581-8918

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Volume of the periodical

2013

Issue of the periodical within the volume

X-Autumn

Country of publishing house

SI - SLOVENIA

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

9-19

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