Dickins, J (2006) Disjuncts. Word, The Journal of the Association, 57 (1). 27 - 70. ISSN 0043-7956
Abstract
Focusing on a number of ‘logical’ disjuncts in English, this paper argues that syntactic and semantic divisions in previous analyses have been drawn at the wrong point; while adjuncts (such as adjunct because) express real-world causal (or causal-type) relationships, disjuncts (such as since) express reasoning processes. Distinctions between content and style disjuncts in Quirk et al. (1985) and between content, epistemic and speech-act connectors in Sweetser (1990) are analysed (Sections 1-3 ff.). In the light of Sweetser, imbalances in syntactic distribution, foregrounding potential, and question-formation patterns in Quirk et al.’s content disjunct and style disjunct categories are identified; and Quirk et al.’s claimed identical sense of adjunct since and content disjunct because is contrasted with the fact of their syntactic difference (Section 4 ff.). An alternative to Quirk et al.’s disjunct analysis into properly syntactic cognitive disjuncts and parenthetical comment disjuncts is proposed and justified (Section 5 ff.). Possible objections to this are considered, with a focus on intonational issues (Section 6 ff.). The notions canonical sense and canonical sub-sense are considered, particularly with respect to the disjuncts since and though (Section 7). Direct syntactic evidence for the proposed re-analysis is considered (Section 8), and areas where further work is required are identified (Section 9).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2014 12:52 |
Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2024 13:27 |
Published Version: | http://ilaword.org/site/word-the-journal-of-the-as... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | International Linguistic Association |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00437956.2006.11432558 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:81517 |