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| Everyday language: normal language, spoken within a community. Not strictly formalizable. Antonym to ideal language, formal language. - Theories of truth can only partly be applied to everyday language. See also Truth definition, Meaning theory, Idiolect, Tarski._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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John Lyons on Everyday Language - Dictionary of Arguments
I 92 Everyday language/information/slang/Lyons: in colloquial language there is a tendency to replace frequently used words with longer "more colourful" synonyms because the information content has been worn out by frequent use. Slang changes frequently. >Language, >Language use, >Metaphors, >Metonymies, >Synonymy, >Information. I 100 Information/Information Theory/Linguistics/Lyons: Dilemma: 1. statistical considerations are important for understanding the development and operation of the language. 2. It is practically impossible to calculate the information here exactly. I 101 Solution: Linguistics today is more concerned with the structure of sentences than with utterances in concrete situations. >Syntax, >Semantics, >Grammar._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Ly II John Lyons Semantics Cambridge, MA 1977 Lyons I John Lyons Introduction to Theoretical Lingustics, Cambridge/MA 1968 German Edition: Einführung in die moderne Linguistik München 1995 |
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