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Category Archive: Semantics

Against monosemy, pt 4: Moving Greek letters

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Generative grammar has moved on from its old theories about syntax. Can we please do the same with their semantic theories, too?

Mike Aubrey November 11, 2018 Cognitive Linguistics, Generative Linguistics, Grammar, History of Linguistics, Language, Lexicography, Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semantics

Against monosemy, pt 3: The ideal speaker-listener

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We’re getting over the peak and headed toward the end. The practical take away is coming.

Mike Aubrey November 8, 2018 Cognitive Linguistics, Generative Linguistics, Grammar, Language, Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semantics

Against monosemy, pt 2: Semantics & pragmatics

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Semantic theory: it’ll get harder before it gets hardest.

Mike Aubrey November 5, 2018 Cognitive Linguistics, Generative Linguistics, Language, Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semantics

Against monosemy, pt 1: The lexicon’s original sin

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Meaning is hard. Unfortunately, I’m not going to make any easier here.

Mike Aubrey November 3, 2018 Book Reviews, Cognitive Linguistics, Generative Linguistics, Grammar, Language, Lexicography, Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semantics

Notes on lexical compounds – draft

Compounds are complicated. They are formally complex, involving wide variation in their morphological/lexical formation. These formal complexities introduce their own series of semantic challenges.

Mike Aubrey October 31, 2018 Cognitive Linguistics, Grammar, Greek, Language, Lexicography, Linguistics, Morphology, Semantics

We have a history problem in New Testament grammar

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How can there be any substantive discussion about language data or linguistic method if we cannot even agree on the history of research? New Testament Greek grammar is simply broken. And nobody seems interested in trying to fix it. So where do we go from here?

Mike Aubrey October 17, 2018 Grammar, Greek, Historical Linguistics, History of Linguistics, Language, Linguistics, Semantics

Ὑδροποτεῖν in Xenophon

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Pro-tips for surviving without alcohol in a barren land from Cyrus the Great.

Mike Aubrey October 14, 2018 Grammar, Greek, Language, Lexicography, Linguistics, Semantics, Translation

Passing grammar notes: Semantics & grounding in narrative II

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This second post on predicate types and narrative structure applies the discussion from the previous post to English and then Greek examples

Mike Aubrey October 10, 2018 Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Semantics

Passing grammar notes: Semantics & grounding in narrative I

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When we talk about the concepts of background and foreground, it needs to be emphasized that we are […]

Mike Aubrey October 7, 2018 Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Semantics

Passing grammar notes: Aspect and grounding in narrative

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Tense and aspect are central for narrative text. The perfective and imperfective aspect, particularly, are essential for how an author builds a narrative structure and signals to the reader the flow of the story.

Mike Aubrey October 2, 2018 Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax

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