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2.1 Elements.
Chess
Language
2.1. The square. 2.1. Some nonsign background.
2.1.1. A very small set of pieces, sixteen
in all, of which six are different. The first
significant elements are
2.1.2. a finite number, however large, of
moves, i.e., of three elements: initial
position, new position, chess piece. The
move has a very broad meaning which is
realized differently each time in
2.1.3. a finite number of configurations of
pieces, each of which is characterized by
its own traits: pawn chain, center,
copula, weak point, squares of a given
color, opposition, check, zugzwang, etc.
The number of such traits is finite; from
these configurations is formed
2.1.4. an infinite set of positions: the
arrangement of all the pieces on the
chessboard at a given moment of time t.
The positions can be divided into correct
and incorrect positions; it is impossible to
arrive at an incorrect position by a
correct play from initial position. There is
an intermediate class of positions that
can only be arrived at by completely
ignoring the game's principles and that
are meaningless from the standpoint of
the player's practice but not from that of
the theoretician.
2.1.1. A very small set of auxiliary
morphemes: affixes, inflections,
grammatical prepositions, and in
generaI “empty words”.
2.1.2. The first significant element is
the lexical morpheme; there is a
finite number, however large, of
morphemes. It is still a potential
meaning which is realized in the
elements of
2.1.3. a finite set of words, each of
which is characterized by a finite
set of traits (Revzin 1969: 63-74):
the word's differential traits, semes,
and semantic valences. From these
words is formed
2.1.4. an infinite set of sentences,
which can be subdivided into
sentences that are correct,
incorrect, and an intermediate
class.
2.1.5. Match 2.1.5. Text
2.1.6. Outcome: winning, draw, losing 2.1.6. Understanding, incomplete
understanding, lack of
understanding
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