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| Embedding: making a sentence become a part of a higher ranking sentence. By embedding, reference objects and truth values can be changed. See also Reference, truth value._____________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 Embedding - Dictionary of Arguments
I 228 Embeding/Grammar/Linguistics/Lyons: (of subsets or their constituents) e.g. by temporal conjunction New:"∑" appears twice here. Similar: Example: He said that,...., Example: The man who... has just arrived. Sentences within other sentences. >Clauses. Problem: we cannot prevent sentences like Herbert just read when Peter comes in. (Times). I 269 Embeding/embedding rules/Chomsky/Lyons: were merely hinted at in "Syntactic Structures" (N. Chomsky 1957)(1). The important thing is that an embedded structure I 270 is the transformation of a chain, which could also be the underlying structure of an entire sentence, but which functions as the constituent of another sentence. It is a sentence in another sentence. >Sentences. The P-marker of the matrix sentence dominated by S therefore contains another S, which is dominated by the corresponding symbol with regard to the function of the constituent sentence in the overall structure. >Words, >Symbols. 1. N. Chomsky, Syntactic Structures, Berlin, New York 1957_____________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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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-20