The nature of language: Twentieth century approaches

Chapters in this book

1. I-XII I
2. Introduction: Converging trends for 21st century linguistics: A theoretical background 1
3. Part I: Relaxing level boundaries 13
4. Putting the “same” meaning together from different pieces 23
5. Motivation and convention in some speech act constructions: A cognitive linguistic approach 53
6. Subjectivity in Spanish esperar-based constructions 77
7. Part II: Focusing on level interaction 97
8. Prolegomena to Default Semantics 107
9. Expressivity as an option of tense-aspect in language: The case of Modern Greek imperfective past 143
10. Focus: The interplay of phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics 163
11. Part III: Drawing on different theories 179
12. Greek tragedy as impolite conversation: Towards a practice approach in linguistic theory 191
13. Pragmatic correlates of frequency of use: The case for a notion of “minimal context” 209
14. Metaphor in Greek pain-constructions: Cognitive and functional perspectives 235
15. Contrastive Linguistics: A 21st century perspective 255
16. Part IV: Exploring field interaction 279
17. The nature of language: Twentieth century approaches 291
18. Micro- and macro-dimensions in linguistic systems 313
19. Bilingualism as matchmaker: Towards a marriage of sociopragmatic and psycholinguistic research 327
20. The social and psychological modalities of politeness 347
21. Part V: Interdisciplinary perspectives on modularity 365
22. New directions for research on pragmatics and modularity 375
23. Hearsay devices and metarepresentation 401
24. Subject Index 421
25. Name Index 429