Construction grammars: cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions
by Fried, Mirjam Östman, Jan-Ola
The notion 'construction' has become indispensable in present-day linguistics and in language studies in general. This volume extends the traditional domain of Construction Grammar (CxG) in several directions, all with a cognitive basis. Addressing a number of issues (such as coercion, discourse patterning, language change), the contributions show how CxG must be part and parcel of cognitively oriented studies of language, including language universals. The volume also gives informative account…
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- Full title :Construction grammars : cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions / edited by Jan-Ola Östman, Mirjam Fried.
Summary
The notion 'construction' has become indispensable in present-day linguistics and in language studies in general. This volume extends the traditional domain of Construction Grammar (CxG) in several directions, all with a cognitive basis. Addressing a number of issues (such as coercion, discourse patterning, language change), the contributions show how CxG must be part and parcel of cognitively oriented studies of language, including language universals. The volume also gives informative accounts of how the notion 'construction' is developed in approaches that are conceptually close to, and rel.
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- Publication Date:©2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Benjamins Pub
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (viii, 324 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027294708, 9027294704, 9789027218230, 9027218234, 9781588115799, 1588115798, 1282156977, 9781282156975, 9786612156977, 661215697X
- oclc:ocm77118872
- LC Classification:P163.5
- Dewey Decimal:415
Table of Contents
Construction Grammars -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- 1. The cognitive grounding of Construction Grammar -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The cognitive dimension -- 3. Present advances -- 4. Further issues -- Notes -- References -- I. Theoretical extensions -- 2. Argument realization -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous claims -- 3. Implicit theme -- 3.1. Implicit theme construction -- 3.2. Motivating the implicit theme construction -- 4. Omission under low discourse prominence -- 5. Obligatorily transitive single-event verbs -- 6. Ditransitives.
7. Explaining the tendencies -- Notes -- References -- 3. Entity and event coercion in a symbolic theory of syntax -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Coercion by construction: Nominal syntax -- 3. Argument-Structure constructions -- 4. Aspectual constructions -- 4.1. Aspectual meaning -- 4.2. Aspectual concord constructions: The Frame Adverbial construction -- 4.3. Aspectual Shift constructions: The Progressive -- 4.4. Tense constructions: The Present in French and English -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Frames, profiles and constructions -- 1. Introduction.
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