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Accentuation and Interpretation

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Authors:
  1. Hans-Christian Schmitz

    1. University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Pragmatic and Semantic Effects of Accentuation

    • Hans-Christian Schmitz
    Pages 1-5

  3. Optimal Accentuation

    • Hans-Christian Schmitz
    Pages 6-27

  4. Cooperative Information Exchange

    • Hans-Christian Schmitz
    Pages 28-82

  5. Reconstruction of Messages

    • Hans-Christian Schmitz
    Pages 83-141

  6. Optimal Accentuation vs Focus Accentuation

    • Hans-Christian Schmitz
    Pages 142-200

  7. Summary

    • Hans-Christian Schmitz
    Pages 201-204

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 205-226
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About this book

Develops a highly original theory of accentuation in which accentuation serves the mere pragmatic function of making utterances well comprehensible. Semantic effects of accentuation are explained as epiphenomena of pragmatic accentuation. The theory is formally elaborated in a model-theoretic framework and experimentally justified.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Hans-Christian Schmitz

About the author

HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHMITZ is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His research focuses on formal semantics and the pragmatics of natural language.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Accentuation and Interpretation

  • Authors: Hans-Christian Schmitz

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230592568

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00253-1Published: 23 January 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28073-5Published: 01 January 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59256-8Published: 23 January 2008

  • Series ISSN: 2946-2576

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-2584

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 226

  • Topics: Pragmatics, Semantics, Philology

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