La lutte des classes des unités linguistiques : micro- et macro-syntaxe

• Main Author: María Luisa Fernández-Echevarría
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editura Universitatii din Oradea 2015-12-01
• Series: Studii de Lingvistica
• Subjects: meso-syntax; paremiology; conventionalised segments; phonology; syllabification; virtual translator
• Online Access: http://studiidelingvistica.uoradea.ro/docs/5-2015/pdf_uri/FernandezEchevarria.pdf

In a synchronic approach to discourse we postulate a dynamic unit that constructs macro-syntactic meaning as it is uttered. This conventionalised segment (fr. période énonciative), elaborated in order to anticipate the reactions of the hearer, forms part of a linguistic repertory (vocabulary) while at the same time behaving as a space-time module (syllabification). Conceived in this way, this unit is flexible enough to undergo possible deformation and accentual attrition in the evolution of a given language. It is also the basis of a meta-language capable of generating progressively more precise linguistic objects whose categorial membership is a matter of debate. We may observe this conventionalised segment in the analysis of set expressions (paremies) that testify to shared meanings and, by default, in automatic deviant sub-titles that reveal the shortcomings of a virtual translator.