Grammar, Semantics and Dialects in Architecture

• Authors: Cimała Alicja
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Many aspects of architecture (style, ornaments, urban planning etc.) are symbolic in nature, resulting in similarity between the art of erecting structures and language understood as the relationship between signifé and signifant.Hence, architecture has its own grammar, semantics and dialectic variants. The grammar is expressed in the context of articulation form and pattern language. The semantics can be found in the relatively more superficial aspects like metaphors likening this branch of art to books or the owners of specific buildings in their appearance or demeanour. Such an approach is shared across centuries and can be found for example in ancient and Victorian texts. Additionally, the message conveyed by buildings and structures might serve as a form of propaganda while many elements like styles, ornaments and locations depend on the ideas expressed by the architects and the founders. This aspect is common to various ideas, beliefs and societies, whether consciously or subconsciously. Moreover, the realisation of different styles of architecture varies depending on the times and the specific needs of the community in which a particular building is erected in the same way language may vary depending on similar factors. Thus, architecture presents the same qualities that are expressed by various dialects.

Keywords

EN

architecture; propaganda; semantics; grammar; dialects; language; metaphor; pattern language; form language; Gothic style; Nazi Germany; Jesuits

• Publisher: Komisja Nauk Filologicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Oddział we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Academic Journal of Modern Philology
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 8
• Pages: 73-80

Contributors

author

Cimała Alicja

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski

Identifiers

DOI

doi:10.34616/ajmp.2019.8