Deconstructing constructions / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Javier Martin Arista.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Butler, Christopher, 1945-

Martín Arista, Javier.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 107.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 107

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Linguistic models.

Typology (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xx, 306 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of papers brings together contributions from experts in functional linguistics and in Construction Grammar approaches, with the aim of exploring the concept of construction from different angles and trying to arrive at a better understanding of what a construction is, and what roles constructions play in the frameworks which can be located within a multidimensional functional-cognitive space. At the same time, the volume has a historical dimension, for instance in plotting the developments which led to recent models. The book is organised in three sections: the first deals with particular theoretical issues, the second is devoted to the recent Lexical Constructional Model, and the third presents a number of analyses of specific constructions. The volume thus makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the relationship between functionalist and constructionist models.

Contents:

Deconstructing Constructions

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Contributors

Introduction

References

Part 1. Theoretical issues

Innovative coinage

1. Introduction

2. The problem: Lexical creativity

3. He's Beckhamed it": Eponyms as contextuals

4. Lexical innovation in Construction Grammar and Functional Discourse Grammar

5. Conclusion

The construction of macro-events

2. Verb-framed and satellite framed languages

3. Some problems in Talmy's typology

3.1 Macro-events - Complex information units

3.2 Unfitting" data

3.3. A need for a constructional approach

4. Macro-event constructions - The constituents of the typology

4.1 Constructions

4.2 Macro-event constructions - Procedural function

5. A generalized typology of macro-event constructions

5.1 Motion events

5.2 Resultatives

5.3 Temporal contour (aspect)

5.4 Perception

6. A contrastive analysis of macro-event constructions

6.1 Motion events

6.2 Aspect

6.3 State change

6.4 Complex circumstances

7. Some results

8. Conclusion and some perspectives

Constructions, co-composition and merge*

2. The structural pattern of break verbs

3. Constructions, co-compositon, and merge

4. Co-composition and Role and Reference Grammar

A typology of morphological constructions*

2. Towards an RRG morphology

3. Constructions and constructional schemas in morphology

4. Constructional schemas in the morphology of Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara

5. Conclusion: The role of morphological constructions

Part 2. The Lexical Constructional Model: An overview

The Lexical Constructional Model

2. Relationships across theories.

3. The genesis of the Lexical Constructional Model

3.1 From Dik's FG and Coseriu's Lexematics to the Functional Lexematic Model

3.2 The Functional Lexematic Model and Role and Reference Grammar: A synthesis

3.3 Further enrichment of the semantics: The role of Natural Semantic Metalanguage and Meaning Text Theory

3.4 Synthesis with Construction Grammar and metaphor/metonymy theory: The birth of the Lexical Constructional Model

4. Strengths

5. Challenges

5.1 The relationship between semantics and morphosyntax

5.2 The relationship between grammar and the lexicon

5.3 Extending lexical coverage

5.4 The upper levels of the model

5.5 Criteria of adequacy for functional theories

6. Conclusion

Levels of description and explanation in meaning construction*

2. Projections vs. constructions

3. The role of verbal semantics

4. Lexical templates

5. The possible relations between verbs and constructions

6. The pragmatic and discourse dimensions of constructional meaning

6.1 Implicational constructions

6.2 Illocutionary constructions

6.3 Discourse constructions

7. Cognitive constraints on meaning construction: Cueing and subsumption

7.1 Cued inferencing

7.2 Subsumption

8. Conclusion

Part 3. Studies of specific constructions

Measuring out reflexivity in secondary predication in English and Spanish

2. Some methodological preliminaries

3. An overview on the continuum between reflexives and middles/intransitives

4. The reflexive subjective-transitive construction

5. The self-descriptive subjective-transitive construction in English and Spanish

6. Closing remarks and outlook

The inchoative construction

2. An overview of the LCM.

2.1 Microstructure: Semantic representation in the LCM

2.2 Enriching lexical templates: Qualia structure

3. The inchoative construction

3.1 Constructional templates: The constructicon

3.2 The semantics of inchoatives

3.3 The interaction of the thesaurus and the constructicon: Unification processes

3.3.1 Constraints on event structure

3.3.2 Constraints on arguments

4. Conclusions

Semantic and pragmatic constraints on the English get-passive*

2. Semantico-pragmatic features of the get-passive

2.1 Actional-causative with resultative meaning

2.2 Tendency to occur without an overtly expressed agent

2.3 Adverse or beneficial consequences of the event described

2.4 Involvement in and responsibility for the event described

2.5 Speaker's attitude towards the event

3. A constructional account of the get-passive

3.1 The data: Semantic types

3.2 The interaction between verb and construction

3.3 The semantics of the construction

4. Final remarks

Name index

Language index

Subject index

The series Studies in Language Companion Series.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613469441

9781283469449

1283469448

9789027289605

9027289603

OCLC:

705531074