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The semiotic properties of music – a perspective from functional-cognitive semantics Open
The question of what meaning music conveys is an ancient and unresolved issue. Central to discussions have been the relation between meaning in language and meaning in music: In spite of obvious differences, the challenge remains of provid…
Book Reviews Open
J. M. MacKenzie. The Partition of Africa, 1880-1900. London and New York: Methuen, 1983. Pp. x, 48. Paper, $2.95. Review by Leslie C. Duly of Bemidji State University. C. Joseph Pusateri. A History of American Business. Arlington Heights, …
Hvordan valideres tværsproglige kategorier? Aspekt som eksempel Open
The precise status of cross-linguistic categories remains a contested issue in contemporary linguistics. This paper proposes a solution based on a functional rethinking of classic concepts in Danish structural linguistics. It is argued tha…
Formal semantics and functional semantics Open
This joint article represents an attempt to clarify relations between two rather different approaches to the description of linguistic meaning: truthconditional semantics (as represented by Peter Widell) and functional semantics (as repres…
Planning and production of grammatical and lexical verbs in multi-word messages Open
Grammatical words represent the part of grammar that can be most directly contrasted with the lexicon. Aphasiological studies, linguistic theories and psycholinguistic studies suggest that their processing is operated at different stages i…
If Your Language Was a Car… The Object(s) of Linguistic Research, or: Towards a Shared Geography of Linguistics Open
The article suggests that there are underexplored possibilities for fruitful communication between formal and functionalist linguistics. A key issue is the question of exactly what each approach is aiming to capture about language. This is…
Konstruktionsgrammatik, regler og funktionsbaseret struktur i neurokognitiv belysning Open
This paper outlines a unified understanding of the grammar-lexicon contrast and its neurocognitive underpinning, which builds on and integrates three recent theories: 1) a functional linguistic theory of the grammar-lexicon contrast; 2) a …