Argument structure in usage-based construction grammar : experimental and corpus-based perspectives / Florent Perek, University of Basel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perek, Florent.

Series:

Constructional approaches to language ; 1573-594X v. 17.

Constructional Approaches to Language, 1573-594X ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Construction grammar.

English language--Verb.

English language.

Functionalism (Linguistics).

Corpora (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]

Contents:

1 Acknowledgments p. ix

2 Chapter 1. Introduction p. 1

3 Part I. Verbs

4 Chapter 2. Usage-based perspectives on verb valency p. 15

5 Chapter 3. Empirical evidence for usage-based valency p. 45

6 Part II. Constructions

7 Chapter 4. The usage basis of constructional meaning p. 79

8 Chapter 5. The importance of local generalizations p. 105

9 Part III. Alternations

10 Chapter 6. Alternations as units of linguistic knowledge p. 145

11 Chapter 7. The usage basis of alternation based productivity p. 175

12 Conclusion

13 Chapter 8. Summary and evaluation p. 211

14 References p. 219

15 Appendix p. 235

16 Constructions index p. 239

17 Name index p. 241

18 Subject index p. 245.

Notes:

Revised edition of author's Ph.D. dissertation - Verbs, Constructions, Alternations: Usage-based perspectives on argument realization (Universität Freiburg and Université Lille III, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Perek, Florent. Argument structure in usage-based construction grammar

ISBN:

9789027204394

902720439X

OCLC:

898530071