On thetical grammar

Abstract

Most frameworks of linguistic analysis tend to highlight phenomena of language use and/or language knowledge such as sentence and word structure, while backgrounding or ignoring other phenomena that are interpreted as being of more marginal interest for the linguist. The main goal of this paper is to argue that some phenomena that have previously been treated as being more peripheral play an important role in the organization of linguistic discourse, and that the latter operates in at least two different domains, namely that of sentence grammar and of thetical grammar. Each of the two domains has its own internal structure, and the two tend to be separated from one another syntactically, prosodically, and semantically. Building on recent research, the paper aims at defining the main characteristics of thetical grammar.

Komplekse sætninger, tetiske udtryk og grammatikalisering

“…Boye & Harder 2012) samt teorien om 'tetisk grammatik' (jf. Kaltenböck et al 2011;Heine et al 2013). …”

“…betegnelsen 'tetisk grammatik' (jf. Heine et al 2013;Kaltenböck et al 2011 Hvis man tager udgangspunkt i eksistensen af en kategori af sådanne udtryk, har den tetiske tilgang følgende to fortrin: For det første giver den plads til idiosynkratiske parentes-udtryk, jf (14), citeret fra Kaltenböck et al (2011: 854): (14) It's been a mixture of extreme pleasure -I've had hundreds of letters from all sorts of people who have enjoyed the book -and considerable irritation because of being constantly interviewed.…”

“…Kaltenböck et al (2011) opererer med en overgangsmulighed fra saetningsgrammatisk til tetisk status, som de kalder co-optation. Essensen i denne proces er at saetningsgrammatiske udtryk, fx ved indskud af det håber jeg da midt i en anden saetning, umiddelbart kan overgå til at vaere tetiske udtryk.…”

Mental gaze monitoring and form manipulation: distinct conceptions of language production and its management

“…"Thetical Grammar" (Heine et al 2013;Kaltenböck et al 2011; or "Microgrammar" vs. "Macrogrammar" (Haselow 2016). Sentence Grammar (SG) and Thetical Grammar (TG) are respectively responsible for the production of "propositional concepts and clauses" and for the production of " "parenthetical"…”

“…Thetical Grammar (Kaltenböck et al 2011) and Macrogrammar (Haselow 2016) largely reflect attentional management in the conception of addressed speech production. Sentence Grammar (Kaltenböck et al 2011) and Microgrammar (Haselow 2016) concern linguistic form manipulation in the conception of writing production as well as adding on of utterance parts in the conception of speech production. Fraser also implies that pragmatic markers are not necessarily separated from the rest of the sentence.…”