Symbol and the “Metaphysics of Presence”

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Foreword v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Introduction ix
5. I: Introductory Survey
6. Prague School teachings of the Classical Period and Beyond 3
7. Formal and computational Linguistics in Prague 23
8. II: Fundamental Issues
9. Menschlich Gleichartigkeit und inter- wie intrakulturelle Mannigfaltigkeit 39
10. Jakobson and Chomsky on Markedness 55
11. Functional System and Evaluation 73
12. Structural Linguistics and Formal Semantics 85
13. III: Sentence Structure
14. A Contrastive View of Syntactic Ambiguities 101
15. Surface and Underlying Word Order 113
16. Structural Properties of Information Packaging in German and in Universal Grammar 125
17. Underlying Structures and Unification 157
18. IV: Discourse Patterns
19. A Static View and a Dynamic View on Text and Discourse 185
20. Discourse Modelling for Automatic Summerising 201
21. V: Views on development
22. The Redudancy of Grammatical Agreement as a Development 231
23. Convergent Evolution, Creolization and Referentiality 239
24. Die ersten stufen des Erwerbs der slowenischen Flexion 249
25. The Last of the Canterbury Tales 261
26. VI: Theory of Literature
27. A Work as a “Thing” and as a Sign 297
28. Symbol and the “Metaphysics of Presence” 313
29. Winston S. Churchill’s Use of Alliteration 323