Hi Marcello, Am 28.02.2011 um 12:54 schrieb Marcello Perathoner:
On 02/28/2011 12:46 PM, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
So what does a CHAPTER TITLE NOT have that does not have?
You should type slower. Or think faster. Whetever. Sorry.
A title is not a paragraph in the same way that a sign that says "106 miles to Chicago" is not the same as the 106 miles of road to get there. Yet, the semantics, are the same!!
You gave as a SEMANTIC definition:
RTFW:
"A paragraph [...] is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea."
Now, this definition as stated can be used to define a entire chapter, section or even a book. The problem is the definition, not the semantics. Furthermore, there is some confusion here. Semantics is not meaning! Another, point of confusion, is the difference between semantics and pragmatics. Many linguists tend to throw in pragmatics with semantics and that causes a lot of problems. Meaning, manifests itself in the combination of syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The so-called intent belong mainly in the realm of pragmatics. Semantically speaking the function of a chapter title is the same as a paragraph. Yet, the pragmatic usage is different. To explain my original point. Syntactically, one can represent a chapter title as a paragraph. Take the <p> tag in HTML and add a couple of attributes and you have a header! There are even enough attributes that one could can mark it up as a chapter! True, a normal HTML browser will not recognize it as such. But, a tool could recognize it and act accordingly!. In other words, just like you have mentioned, semantics happens in humans, here, the semantics happens in the tools. regards Keith.