Constructing families of constructions : analytical perspectives and theoretical challenges /
Within Construction Grammar, this volume moves away from a compartmentalized view of constructions with the aim of providing a more holistic description of grammar. Thus, the book brings together analyses that look at constructional families within the "constructicon" of such languages as...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2017
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| Series: | Human cognitive processing ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Constructing Families of Constructions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction: Investigating the constructicon; 1. Motivation; 2. Aims and structure; References; Chapter 1. The role of verbs and verb classes in identifying German search-constructions: The role of verbs and verb classes in identifying German search-constructions; 1. Introduction; 2. Micro-constructions and family relationships; 3. Detecting German search-constructions; 4. Scope and structure of the search-construction; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References.
- Chapter 2. Embodied motivations for abstract in and on constructions: Embodied motivations for abstract in and on constructions1. Introduction; 2. Cognitive linguistics approaches to abstract in and on; 3. Method; 4. Abstract in and on concepts; 5. Embodied motivations for abstract in constructions; 6. Embodied motivations for abstract on constructions; 7. Discussion; 8. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3. Doing Tsukahara and the Epley in a cross-linguistic perspective; 1. Introduction; 2. What counts as eponymy?; 2.1 From names to (common) nouns.
- 2.2 Types of eponyms, structural and semantic2.3 Eponymy and metonymy; 3. Eponymous verb constructions in a cross-linguistic perspective; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4. The role of inferencing in the interpretation of two expressive speech act constructions: The role of inferencing in the interpretation of two expressive speech act constructions; 1. Introduction; 2. Constructions and speech acts; 3. Illocutionary constructions: Two case studies; 4. Conclusions and outlook; Acknowledgements; References.
- Chapter 5. Exploring inter-constructional relations in the constructicon: Exploring inter-constructional relations in the constructicon: A view from Contrastive (Cognitive) Construction GrammarA view from Contrastive (Cognitive) Construction Grammar1. Introduction; 2. The reflexive construction; 3. The reflexive subjective-transitive construction; 4. The self-descriptive subjective-transitive construction; 5. The WXDY construction; 6. Closing remarks and outlook; Acknowledgement; References.
- Chapter 6. Revisiting the English resultative family of constructions: Revisiting the English resultative family of constructions: A unifying account1. Introduction; 2. Goldberg and Jackendoff's classification of English resultatives; 3. Luzondo's family of English resultatives; 4. A revised classification of resultative constructions in English; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Chapter 7. The family of German dative constructions; 1. Introduction; 2. Dative objects and free datives in Valency Grammar; 3. Construction-based description of datives; 4. The family of datives.
