?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Jean+Pouillon+et+le+myst%C3%A8re+de+la+chambre+chinoise&rft.creator=Jorion%2C+Paul&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.description=In+an+article+published+in+1984%2C+Jean+Pouillon+claimed+that+a+better+rendition+of+a+text+heard+can+be+achieved+when+contents+is+ignored+and+attention+is+focused+only+on+syntactic+structure.+I+examine+the+implications+of+this+statement+in+the+light+of+Pouillon%C2%92s+earlier+Temps+et+Roman%2C+a+theory+of+the+novel+published+in+1946.+The+fact+is+that+if+we+know+for+certain+what+meaning+to+attach+to+categoremes+(content+words)+we+hardly+know+how+to+express+the+meaning+of+syncategoremes+(structure+words).+What+is+the+part+of+meaning+being+conveyed+by+syntax%2C+i.e.+what+is+that+part+of+meaning+which+is+unrelated+to&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F351%2F1%2FPOUILLON.html&rft.identifier=++Jorion%2C+Paul++(1997)+Jean+Pouillon+et+le+myst%C3%A8re+de+la+chambre+chinoise.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F351%2F