syntax; diagrams; graphical semiotics; American grammar
Abstract :
[en] This paper shows that the authors who first used diagrams to represent syntactic structures chose graphical conventions that constrained the way they could represent their analyses. Some graphical conventions may look similar despite following different rationales. Conversely, they may also look different and yet be grounded in the same logic. This second possibility becomes obvious when comparing the diagramming systems proposed by Clark (who uses aggregated bubbles) and Reed & Kellogg (who use strokes). Nevertheless, bi-dimensional objects such as bubbles offer more varied layout possibilities for drawing diagrams than mono-dimensional objects such as strokes do. Consequently, authors have to add the representation for abstract concepts such as inclusion by means that are compatible with the basic objects they use.
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Mazziotta, Nicolas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues et littératures romanes > Linguistique synchronique du français
Language :
English
Title :
Grammar and graphical semiotics in early syntactic diagrams: Clark (1847) and Reed-Kellogg (1876)
Publication date :
2020
Main work title :
Historistorical journey in a linguistic archipelago: Descriptive concepts and case studies
Editor :
Fortis, Jean-Michel
Aussant, Émilie
Publisher :
Language Science Press
Collection name :
History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences; 3