Semantics: a coursebook, second edition
particular occasion. (b) A sentence, which is not a physical thing, cannot
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particular occasion. (b) A sentence, which is not a physical thing, cannot be part of an utterance, which is a physical event. ‘How nice John was’ should not be italicized. (Alternatively the whole example should be italicized and the quotation marks removed.) Rule We have de fined a sentence as a string of words. A given sentence always consists of the same words, and in the same order. Any change in the words, or in their order, makes a di fferent sentence, for our purposes. Example Helen rolled up the carpet di fferent sentences Helen rolled the carpet up Sincerity may frighten the boy the same sentence Sincerity may frighten the boy Comment It would make sense to say that an utterance was in a particular accent (i.e. a particular way of pronouncing words). However, it would not make strict sense to say that a sentence was in a particular accent, because a sentence itself is only associated with phonetic characteristics such as accent and voice quality through a speaker’s act of uttering it. Accent and voice quality belong strictly to the utterance, not to the sentence uttered. Practice (1) Does it make sense to ask what language (e.g. English, French, Chinese) a sentence belongs to? Yes / No (2) What languages do the following sentences belong to? Le jour de gloire est arrivé ......................................................................................................................... Alle Menschen sprechen eine Sprache .......................................................................................................................... Feedback (1) Yes (2) French, German U N I T 2 Sentences, utterances, and propositions 19 Comment Not all utterances are actually tokens of sentences, but sometimes only of tải về 1.74 Mb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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