Motion Imperatives  

Oleh:

Mayer, Rolf

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Semantics (Sebagian Full Text) vol. 6 no. 1 (Jan. 1988), page 345-367.
Topik: motion imperatives; discourse representation theory;
Fulltext: vol 6, no 1, p 345-367.pdf (908.01KB)

Isi artikel

In this paper a restricted sample of motion imperatives is treated within the framework of discourse representation theory. In order to pave the way for this treatment, the concept of path and linguistic aspects of path connection are discussed. The semantic analysis is then extended in the pragmatic direction: It is shown how semantic inferences may be filtered out via pragmatic considerations. We suggest that a level of execution structure is needed to supplement the level of semantic representation. Motion imperatives are evaluated against maps, and aspects of executability are discussed. It is finally shown how the deontic function of motion imperatives can be fulfilled by texts in the indicative mood and that the criteria of adequacy valid for motion imperatives then have to be met by motion indicatives.

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