Constructing a lexicon of English verbs / by Pamela B. Faber, Ricardo Mairal Usón.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faber, Pamela B., 1950-

Contributor:

Mairal Usón, Ricardo, 1965-

Series:

Functional grammar series ; 23.

Functional grammar series ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Verb.

English language.

Lexicology.

Physical Description:

xxi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1999.

Summary:

Gives an account of the English verbal lexicon which not only systematizes the meanings of lexemes within a hierarchical framework, but also demonstrates the principled connections between meaning and highlights the syntactic complementation patterns of verbs and the patterns of conceptualization in the human mind. Explains lexical patterning and its relationship with meaning, syntax, and cognition.

Contents:

1. The lexicon and linguistic theory 1

1.2. Lexical revival 4

1.2.1. Linguistic theory 6

1.2.2. Lexicology and lexicography 8

1.2.3. Psychology 15

1.2.4. Computational linguistics 18

1.3. Lexicon and grammar 22

1.3.1. Event structure and lexical representation 23

2. Simon Dik's Functional Grammar 37

2.2. FG lexical representation 46

2.2.1. Representational parameters 47

2.3. FLM lexical description 56

2.3.1. The FG lexicon and onomasiological structure 58

3. Lexical organization and the FLM 67

3.1. Introduction: the concept of semantic field 67

3.1.1. Cognitive Linguistics 69

3.1.2. Generative Linguistics 71

3.1.3. Pustejovsky's Generative Lexicon 73

3.1.4. Fillmore's Frame Semantics 73

3.1.5. WordNet 75

3.1.6. Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) 76

3.1.7. Meaning Text Theory and the Explanatory Combinatorial Dictionary 77

3.2. The FLM: paradigmatic axis 79

3.2.1. Definitional analysis and lexical decomposition 89

3.2.2. Lexical hierarchies 101

3.2.3. Differentiae: semantic parameters 107

3.3. The FLM: syntagmatic axis 114

3.3.1. The semantic characterization of complement selection 115

3.3.2. Complementation and FG 118

3.3.3. Complementation and the FLM 121

4. Towards a semantic syntax 143

4.2. Meaning definitions and syntactic projections 144

4.2.1. Lexically-realized grammatical parameters 145

4.2.2. Lexically-realized optional parameters 176

4.2.3. Lexically-realized contextual parameters 177

4.2.4. Position 179

4.3. Lexical iconicity 186

4.3.1. The genus and its scope 187

4.3.2. The interaction of semantic and syntactic hierarchies 193

5. The cognitive axis 203

5.2. Language and brain 204

5.3. Language and memory 207

5.4. Lexical structure and conceptual structure 210

5.5. Predicate schemas in the FLM lexicon 212

5.5.1. Towards a typology of predicate schemas in FG 217

5.6. Form and representation 248

5.7. A semantic macronet 251

5.7.1. Connections and dependencies 251

5.7.2. The nature and type of lexical interconnections 254

Appendix 1 Lexical domains 279

Appendix 2 Semantic network 294

Appendix 3 Possession 298

Appendix 4 Synsem interface of to come to have 301.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

3110164167

OCLC:

41468801