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| Complex: a complex is composed of components that can be distinguished from each other and are relatively autonomous. Complex behavior refers to systems that consist of several components. The relative independence of the components is manifested in their behavior. Relative autonomy of the components is determined by the description of the complex as a whole._____________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 Complexes/Complexity - Dictionary of Arguments
Complex sentences/transformational rules/phrase structure rules/grammar/Lyons: e.g. Bill was reading the newspaper, wenn John arrived a) ∑ > NP + VP (time verb) (notation: parenthesis: optional) b) Time adeverb {preposition + time nouns Temporal composition + ∑.} Suppose b) is optional: i.e. without b) the time adverb appears in the final chain and is replaced by "yesterday" in sentences. b) selects preposition and time nouns: For example "on Tuesday", "in March" etc. I 228 Example "last week". More rules would be needed here. N.B.: here, however, the construction "temporal junction + ∑" is of interest: this leads to "when John came in" and classifies the expression as a time adverb as well as "yesterday" or "on Tuesday". Def Temporal Conjunction: e.g. as, if. See also Embeding/Lyons, >Sentences, cf. Philosophical theories about >Past, >Present, >Future, >Time._____________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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