Title: Notes toward a Semantic Theory of Rhetoric within a Case Grammar Framework
Abstract:toward study of language as an autonomous system.1 As a consequence, many linguists make solution of problems within grammar prior to study of problems having to do with use of grammar (which are post...toward study of language as an autonomous system.1 As a consequence, many linguists make solution of problems within grammar prior to study of problems having to do with use of grammar (which are postponed indefinitely) [p. 40]. Hymes particularly takes Chomsky and transformational generative linguists to task for not recognizing the principle of heuristic priority of function over grammar (p. 45). To Hymes, grammar is a subordinate structure. Consequently, Hymes concludes that linguistics must look to disciplines such as rhetoric for heuristic help. In a little-noticed but important article entitled The Grammar of Coher-Read More
Publication Year: 1976
Publication Date: 1976-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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