Mismatches Between the Syntactic and Pragmatic-Semantic Interpretations of Sentence (Non-)HierarchyMelavc, Eva (Avtor) Lipovšek, Frančiška (Mentor) clause relationcoordinationsubordinationsentence non-hierarchysentence hierarchysentence symmetrysentence asymmetrysyntaxpragmaticssemanticsThis master’s thesis is concerned with mismatches found in interpreting clause relations within multiple sentences from the syntactic and pragmatic-semantic points of view. Although the syntactic and pragmatic-semantic approaches are usually in agreement when it comes to establishing whether a multiple sentence is organised hierarchically or non-hierarchically, discrepancies between respective interpretations can be found as well. The thesis focuses on the methods which help determine the sentence hierarchy or non-hierarchy from the syntactic point of view. Further on, these are used to illustrate that even though some instances of co-ordinated clauses may impose a hierarchical reading from the pragmatic-semantic point of view, they are still non-hierarchically organised from the syntactic point of view. In this thesis, such instances encompass anomalous examples of copulative and disjunctive coordination – it is assumed that they can impose interpretations of temporal ordering, condition, reason and consequence, and concession. In the empirical part, these assumptions are confirmed by relying on the judgements provided by the native speakers of English.20212021-03-28 07:45:33Magistrsko delo/naloga125626sl