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Types of inferences in discourse
Suvorova, Elena V1, Polyakova, Liliya S2.
In all the diversity and manifold researches of inference its nature remains unrevealed, as there is
a lack of the uniform basis of the inference occurrences. It is mainly connected with the nonhomogeneity
of the inference action and a huge spectrum of its occurrence in language and speech.
The study focuses on the search for the universal and relative to the nature of inference criteria of
the classification of inferences in language and speech to penetrate deep into the essence of the
discussed phenomenon. In this regard, the paper presents an analysis and discussion of the existing
inference classifications on the basis of such criteria as functionality, a vector of action, a level of
cognitive procession, inferential relations, etc. The aim of the analysis is to compare the current
classifications of inferences, to make a conclusion about possible vectors of the inference actions
in language and speech and to find out the universal, cognitive foundation underlying inference
occurrences. Taking into account the nature of inference as a way of human thinking, the types of
inferences are identified according to such mental operations as comparison, filling in (framing),
integration, elimination, deduction, induction on the material of various linguistic resources (texts,
utterances, dialogues). The proposed classification requires further consideration on the basis of a
broader linguistic material (various types of discourse, utterances involving polysemantic words
or phraseological units; the study of nomination processes of complex linguistic units like idioms,
derived verbs, compound nouns) and can be modified and complemented.
Affiliation:
- Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Russia
- Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University, Russia
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