Does standard interpretation exist? Empirical verification of selected assumptions of communicational grammar
Does standard interpretation exist? Empirical verification of selected assumptions of communicational grammar
Author(s): Anita Filipczak-BiałkowskaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: standard interpretation; cognitive pattern; communicational grammar; valuation
Summary/Abstract: The article poses a major study question: “Does standard interpretation exist?” In the methodology of communicational grammar, to which the author refers, standard interpretation is defined as a generalised pattern of the analysis of a communication by a virtual recipient, which consists of constructing basic, mutually cooperating elements of meaning. An empirical test was applied to the assumption that, despite the fact that the reception of a communication is a subjective process, its course is to some extent pre-determined, since a recipient, at certain stages of interpretation, progresses through specific standard references, common for most speakers of a language, while the later subjective extension of the interpretation will not contradict those standards. The article presents the results, the aims, methods, and the results of a survey study conducted to verify the assumption about the existence of a standard interpretation, one of the major assumptions of communicational grammar being developed by A. Awdiejew and G. Habrajska.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
- Issue Year: 58/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 171-197
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English