Abstract
2014 by Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen. This paper is concerned with one of the three types of variation inherent in language-viz. register variation, or variation in meaning according to context of use. It reports on a long-term research programme designed to map the registers that collectively make up a language using one parameter within the context of use as the starting point-the field of activity characteristic the context in which a text of a given register unfolds. I present a typology/topology of fields of activity, and go on to show how different types of activity favour different logico-semantic relations in the global organization of texts instantiating different registers. I then also illustrate registerial variation in the lexicogrammatical realization of logico-semantic relations. The part of the long-term research I focus on here is thus concerned with registerial variation relating to the chain of realizations from context (field of activity) to semantics (logico-semantic relations), and from semantics (logico-semantic relations) to lexicogrammatical realizations (with particular attention to congruence, i.e. congruent vs. incongruent realizations). At the end of the paper, I suggest that registerial cartography is an integral part of the development of appliable linguistics, a synthesis approach to language transcending the thesis and antithesis pair of theoretical linguistics and applied linguistics.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 28th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 2014 |
Publisher | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University |
Pages | 5-26 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9786165518871 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Event | 28th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 2014 - Cape Panwa Hotel, Phuket, Thailand Duration: 12 Dec 2014 → 14 Dec 2014 |
Conference
Conference | 28th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 2014 |
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Country | Thailand |
City | Phuket |
Period | 12/12/14 → 14/12/14 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Computer Science (miscellaneous)