A constructional approach to resultatives / Hans C. Boas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boas, Hans Christian, 1971-

Series:

Stanford monographs in linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Resultative constructions.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

xv, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : CSLI Publications, [2003]

Summary:

Providing a unified solution within the frameworks of Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, Hans Boas develops an account of resultative constructions in English by grouping them in two classes: conventionalized and non-conventionalized. The usage-based model used here proposes that each particular sense of a verb constitutes a conventionalized mini-construction, which is crucial information for the licensing of arguments. In contrast, verbs in non-conventionalized resultative constructions can acquire a novel meaning and thereby a new syntactic frame. English and German resultatives are compared to illustrate the distinct lexical polysemy networks of English and German verbs.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Syntactic approaches towards resultatives

3. The influence of event structure and lexical semantic information on resultative formation

4. The role of argument structure constructions

5. Towards a usage-based analysis of resultatives

6. Event-based frame semantics

7. Lexical licensing of resultatives

8. Resultatives in English and German

9. Conclusions and prospects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-390) and indexes.

ISBN:

1575864088

157586407X

OCLC:

52773863