A Structural Principle of Language and Its Implications

Lehmann, Winfred P.

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“…However, DD has already been found as an unreliable metric for language classification based on the research of DD in over twenty languages (Liu, 2008;Liu and Xu, 2012). Research on modern word order typology reveals that what is closely related to language classification may be the word order that forms grammatical function (Greenberg, 1963;Lehmann, 1973;Song, 2012), called dependency direction under the framework of dependency grammar. Using dependency direction as a metric for language classification has been verified by Liu (2010) using natural language materials of twenty languages.…”

Section: The Relationship Between Sentence Length and Mean Dependencymentioning

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The effects of sentence length on dependency distance, dependency direction and the implications–Based on a parallel English–Chinese dependency treebank

Jiang

Liu

2015

Language Sciences

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The effects of sentence length on dependency distance, dependency direction and the implications–Based on a parallel English–Chinese dependency treebank

Jiang

Liu

2015

Language Sciences

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“…Por ejemplo, Lehmann (1973) y Vennemann (1974 readecuaron los seis patrones en dos taxemas, VO/OV, capturando la distribución núcleo-modificador. En un cambio más radical, Hengeveld, Rijkhoff y Siewierska (2004) adoptaron el parámetro predicación inicial, media y final, debido a la imposibilidad de identificar funciones sintácticas (sujeto, objeto) y categorías léxicas (verbo) en lenguas de elasticidad funcional, caso del samoano, donde:…”

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Principios, competencia y anulamientos en el orden de constituyentes oracionales

Pinuer¹,

Oteíza

2012

Rev. signos

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Resumen: En este trabajo presentamos la revisión de 12 principios de orden oracional de amplia ubicuidad disciplinaria, los cuales se exploran en sus propiedades gramaticales, informativas y cognitivas; y a continuación se sistematizan en una tabla de atributos lineares formada por los rasgos más representativos de cada nivel. Los principios son examinados a partir del patrón SVO en la oración di/transitiva, en la cual se describen los parámetros que especifican la posición de los complementos argumentales de acuerdo con su forma de des/activación. El estudio ha permitido verificar que los principios actúan según elecciones informativas, propiedades lexicogramaticales y requerimientos cognitivos. Se puede destacar que el orden de constituyentes oracionales es resultado de la interacción entre los parámetros, en un proceso de complementación y anulamiento recíproco. Revista Signos 2012, 45(78) 84 Abstract: In this article we present a revision of the 12 principles of sentence order of great disciplinary ubiquity, which are explored regarding their grammatical, informative and cognitive properties. These principles are systematized in a table of linear attributes formed by the most representative features of each level. The principles are analysed from a SVO pattern in the di/transitive sentence, in which the parameters that specify the position of argumental complements according to its de/activation type are described. The study has allowed us to verify that the principles apply according to the informative choices, grammatical properties and cognitive requirements. It is possible to highlight that the order of sentence constituents is the result of the interaction between the parameters in a process of reciprocal complementarity and annulment.

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“…This exception of the structure of modern English does apply to Old English since English has undergone radical changes over time (McMahon, 1994). Because English has showed radical changes in it structure since the Norman quest of England, it might be located in a state of transition between the two aforementioned types; Verb/Object or Object/Verb orders (Lehmann, 1973). In other words, the modern word order (Verb/Object) of English developed from the Object/Verb pattern of Old English.…”

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A Comparative Study of Three Modern Translations of the Old English Lines (675-702) of Beowulf

Al-Ibia

2018

JAH

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In this article, I compare the modern translations of lines (675-702) of Beowulf in Seamus Heaney's 2000 translation, Roy Luizza's 1999 translation, and Edwin Morgan's 1952 translation. I begin with Morgan's text since it is the earliest translation and ends with Heaney's translation, as it is the most recent one. My evaluations for the three texts take into consideration the syntax, the poetic dictions and the approach used by Haney, Luizza and Morgan. I choose these lines in particular because these lines describe the confrontation with Grendel, and because an evaluation of the translations of the entire epic would be an overwhelming task. The article begins with a brief introduction to Old English structure and typological descriptions so we understand the challenge the aforementioned translators of Beowulf have met as they worked on the original manuscript and be able to acutely evaluate the final product of their translations of the aforementioned lines.

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A Structural Principle of Language and Its Implications

Cited by 180 publications

References 13 publications

The effects of sentence length on dependency distance, dependency direction and the implications–Based on a parallel English–Chinese dependency treebank

The effects of sentence length on dependency distance, dependency direction and the implications–Based on a parallel English–Chinese dependency treebank

Principios, competencia y anulamientos en el orden de constituyentes oracionales

A Comparative Study of Three Modern Translations of the Old English Lines (675-702) of Beowulf

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