The frame system as an interlingual representation for parallel texts

IF 1.8 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Intercultural Pragmatics Pub Date : 2021-10-21 DOI:10.1515/ip-2021-5004

Agnieszka Pluwak

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Abstract

Abstract One of the key problems in comparative studies based on frame semantics is the question whether frames can become an interlingua. This paper argues that not only single frames, but their systems or frame semantic domain representations consisting of frames and their relations are also useful in comparative studies. Such a system of frames helps one explain why seemingly unrelated expressions in different languages find a common denominator in higher-order frames, thus becoming semantic-pragmatic equivalents. To support this argument, an analysis of Polish, English and German lease agreements as parallel texts is conducted and the benefits of this approach to comparative studies are presented. The study is in line with the recent FrameNet initiatives, such as the Global FrameNet and automatic translation studies. However, it differs in some methodological aspects. Instead of using FrameNet as the given lexical resource, domain specific frames are defined starting from common general concepts of the analyzed semantic domain. A text-based approach rather than a comparison of bi-sentences or phrases is adapted. The work thus introduces a new approach to comparative studies based on frame semantics and frame semantic research. It also follows the recent research trend of adding a pragmatic dimension to frame semantic analysis by analyzing frames in context.

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框架系统作为平行文本的语际表示

摘要基于框架语义的比较研究的一个关键问题是框架能否成为中间语。本文认为，不仅仅是单个框架，它们的系统或框架的语义域表示由框架和它们之间的关系组成，在比较研究中也是有用的。这样的框架系统有助于解释为什么不同语言中看似不相关的表达在高阶框架中找到共同点，从而成为语义-语用等同。为了支持这一论点，本文将波兰、英国和德国的租赁协议作为平行文本进行了分析，并介绍了这种比较研究方法的好处。这项研究与最近的框架网倡议一致，例如全球框架网和自动翻译研究。然而，它在一些方法方面有所不同。与使用FrameNet作为给定的词汇资源不同，领域特定框架是从所分析的语义领域的通用概念开始定义的。采用基于文本的方法，而不是双句或短语的比较。这为框架语义和框架语义的比较研究提供了一种新的途径。这也顺应了最近的研究趋势，即通过在语境中分析框架，在框架语义分析中加入语用维度。

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Intercultural Pragmatics Multiple-

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3.10

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36.40%

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期刊介绍： Intercultural Pragmatics is a fully peer-reviewed forum for theoretical and applied pragmatics research. The goal of the journal is to promote the development and understanding of pragmatic theory and intercultural competence by publishing research that focuses on general theoretical issues, more than one language and culture, or varieties of one language. Intercultural Pragmatics encourages ‘interculturality’ both within the discipline and in pragmatic research. It supports interaction and scholarly debate between researchers representing different subfields of pragmatics including the linguistic, cognitive, social, and interlanguage paradigms. The intercultural perspective is relevant not only to each line of research within pragmatics but also extends to several other disciplines such as anthropology, theoretical and applied linguistics, psychology, communication, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and bi- and multilingualism. Intercultural Pragmatics makes a special effort to cross disciplinary boundaries. What we primarily look for is innovative approaches and ideas that do not always fit into existing paradigms, and lead to new ways of thinking about language. Intercultural Pragmatics has always encouraged the publication of theoretical papers including linguistic and philosophical pragmatics that are very important for research in intercultural pragmatics.