The Semantics of the Nominative and the Accusative Experiencer in Arabic | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Linguistics and Translation | ||||
| Volume 2, Issue 1, July 2015, Page 113-146 PDF (538.12 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Translation science | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejlt.2015.224640 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| The present paper is concerned with highlighting the importance and significance of the semanticsyntactic interface for the expression and interpretation of linguistic structures. This interface is represented by the correlation of role archetypes like agent, patient and experiencer and grammatical relations like subject and direct object. This study is conducted within the framework of Langacker’s model of cognitive grammar theory which asserts the indispensability of this interface for any satisfactory analysis of linguistic constructions. This functional approach is intended to be reactionary to formal approaches which advocate the autonomy of syntax from semantics. Thus in formal theories, some syntactic issues like grammatical relations are identified and characterised with no reference to semantic considerations. By contrast, cognitive grammar regards grammatical relations and syntactic aspects like case markers as notionally grounded. Thus their identity and description follow the cognitive psychology principle of figure/ground organization. The present paper is concerned with highlighting the importance and significance of the semanticsyntactic interface for the expression and interpretation of linguistic structures. This interface is represented by the correlation of role archetypes like agent, patient and experiencer and grammatical relations like subject and direct object. This study is conducted within the framework of Langacker’s model of cognitive grammar theory which asserts the indispensability of this interface for any satisfactory analysis of linguistic constructions. This functional approach is intended to be reactionary to formal approaches which advocate the autonomy of syntax from semantics. Thus in formal theories, some syntactic issues like grammatical relations are identified and characterised with no reference to semantic considerations. By contrast, cognitive grammar regards grammatical relations and syntactic aspects like case markers as notionally grounded. Thus their identity and description follow the cognitive psychology principle of figure/ground organization. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Cognitive grammar; Semantic; syntactic interface; Case markers; Experiencer | ||||
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