This is a bit of a puzzle. There is a small article on Wikipedia called Semantic Prosody which seems to be about collocation and implication, but not at all about prosody. Can anyone put me right on this - is there a different meaning of prosody used in linguistics that relates to the meanings of words rather than to prosodic aspects of speech? Otherwise, I think this article needs to be taken out.
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11/19/2015 02:54:15 pm
Yes, 'semantic prosody' is taking the concept of prosody(as in intonation) and using it as a metaphor for the 'tone' of meanings in speech.
Peter
11/19/2015 04:14:58 pm
Thanks very much for letting me know.
Marina C
11/23/2015 08:05:41 pm
Hi, Peter,
Peter
11/23/2015 08:56:40 pm
Thanks for the information - I'm glad I enquired about this, because I was quite baffled by the terminology! Leave a Reply. |
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