Words also exist in a world: On the pattern ‘X’ does not exist; it’s called ‘Y’
| Autor: | Cappelle, Bert |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Université de Lille, Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 (STL), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ludovica Lena, Laure Sarda |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Existential Constructions across Languages: Forms, Meanings and Functions. Ludovica Lena; Laure Sarda. Existential Constructions across Languages: Forms, Meanings and Functions., 76, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp.325-345, 2023, Human Cognitive Processing, ⟨10.1075/hcp.76.11cap⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; Clause sequences of the type ‘X’ does not exist – its correct name is ‘Y’ use descriptive negation in the first clause but also have something literally contradictory about them that is reminiscent of metalinguistic negation. I argue that the negative existential in such clause sequences exhibits a use-mention mix without blending descriptive and metalinguistic negation. The apparent contradiction can be resolved by acknowledging that words are not abstract labels lacking any substantial existence but also have a concrete reality in a ‘world of words’. Speakers often use the clause sequence studied here as a rhetorical device to point out that other speakers, for whom a word has currency, have a flawed view of the non-linguistic world. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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