Grammatical constructions : back to the roots / edited by Mirjam Fried, Hans C. Boas.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Fried, Mirjam.

Boas, Hans Christian, 1971-

Conference Name:

International Conference on Construction Grammar (1st : 2001 : Berkeley, Calif.)

Series:

Constructional approaches to language ; v. 4.

Constructional approaches to language, 1573-594X ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Construction grammar.

Language and languages--Grammars.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

viii, 243 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings into focus the conceptual roots of the notion 'grammatical construction' as the theoretical entity that constitutes the backbone of Construction Grammar, a unique grammatical model in which grammatical constructions have the status of elementary building blocks of human language. By exploring the analytic potential and applicability of this notion, the contributions illustrate some of the fundamental concerns of constructional research. These include issues of sentence structure in a model that rejects the autonomy of syntax; the contribution of Frame Semantics in establishing the relationship between syntactic patterning and the lexical meaning of verbs; and the challenge of capturing the dynamic and variable nature of grammatical structure in a systematic way. All the authors share a commitment to studying grammar in its use, which gives the book a rich empirical dimension that draws on authentic data from typologically diverse languages.

Contents:

Grammatical Constructions

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Introduction

Syntactic patterning

Verbs and constructions

Language variation and change

References

I. Syntactic patterning

Definite null objects in (spoken) French

1. Introduction

2. Types of complement instantiation

3. Different types of interpretation of null complements

3.1. Indefinite Null-instantiation

3.2. Definite Null-instantiation

3.3. Free Null-instantiation

3.4. Summary

4. Definite null complements as ratified topics

4.1. Morphosyntactic factors

4.2. Semantic factors

4.3. Pragmatic factors

5. Syntactic and methodological implications

Notes

From relativization to clause-linkage

2. The need to posit two distinct grammatical constructions

2.1. The internally headed relativization (IHR) construction

2.2. The concessive construction

3. IHR vs. concessive clause-linkage

3.1. Structural comparison

3.2. Semantic comparison

3.3. Pragmatic comparison

4. From relativization to clause-linkage

4.1. The reanalysis hypothesis

4.2. Arguments for the reanalysis hypothesis

5. Conclusion

Argument structure constructions and the argument-adjunct distinction

2. Goldberg's analysis

3. Preliminary sketch of the maximal subconstructions

3.1. The Intended Recipient (maximal) construction

3.2. The Direct Recipient construction

3.3. The Modal Recipient construction

4. Representation of the RC constructions

4.1. The Abstract Recipient construction

4.2. The Direct Recipient construction

4.3. The Intended Recipient construction

4.4. The Modal Recipient construction

4.5. Lexical verbs unifying with the Modal RC

5. Inherent arguments, added arguments and adjuncts.

5.1. Caused-motion phenomena

5.2. Representing added path argument and setting adjunct ASCs

6. Conclusion

II. Syntax and semantics of verbs

The role of verb meaning in locative alternations

2. Analysis of locative alternation

2.1. Linking mechanisms

2.2. L-meaning/P-meaning distinction

2.3. Load

3. Comparison with Goldberg (1995)

3.1. Fundamental similarities

3.2. Verb meanings as scene-based

4. Alternations that cannot be attributed to a single scene

4.1. Pack

4.2. Trim

4.3. Roll

4.4. Summary

5. The significance of verb meaning

Verbal polysemy and Frame Semantics in Construction Grammar

2. Previous studies

2.1. The locative alternation

2.2. Uses of brush

3. Goldberg's (1995, 2002) constructional approach

3.1. Goldberg's Construction Grammar framework

3.2. Problems with Goldberg's approach

4. An alternative constructional analysis

4.1. Verb meaning

4.2. The interaction between verb uses and constructions

4.3. Some solutions to the problems with previous analyses

4.4. Idiosyncrasy and generality

5. The semantics of the onto- and from-forms

A constructional approach to mimetic verbs

2. Unique properties of mimetic words

2.1. Phonological characteristics

2.2. Categorial characteristics

2.3. Semantic characteristics

3. A constructional analysis

4. Implications for the two approaches to multiple meaning

Note

III. Language variation and change

Integration, grammaticization, and constructional meaning

2. Comparison

3. Basic notions of Cognitive Grammar

4. Degree of conceptual integration

5. Import for grammaticization.

6. Conclusion

Constructions and variability

1. Introduction and aim

2. Variation, variability, and language change

3. Variability in Construction Grammar

4. Free variation: Constructions and conceptualizations

5. Variation across paradigms: Value pools

6. Variability through analogy: Metaconstructions

7. Conclusion

Construction Grammar as a conceptual framework for linguistic typology

1.1. Aim of study

1.2. Construction Grammar

1.3. Linguistic typology

2. Switch-reference as a reference tracking device

2.1. Overview

2.2. Switch-reference and its treatment

2.3. Further cases of interest

3. Towards a construction-based account

3.1. Proposals

3.2. Generalizations over form-meaning pairings

3.3. Final remarks

Index

Index of constructions

The series Constructional Approaches to Language.

Notes:

Based mostly on papers presented at the First International Conference on Construction Grammar, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612156366

9781282156364

1282156365

9789027294074

9027294070

OCLC:

237391342