General Phraseology : Theory and Practice / Igor Mel'cuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melʹčuk, Igorʹ A. (Igorʹ Aleksandrovič), 1932- author.

Series:

Linguisticae investigationes. Supplementa ; Volume 36.

Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa ; Volume 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phraseology.

Physical Description:

XIV, 280 Seiten Illustrationen

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Summary:

A novel approach to phraseology, proposing a language-universal deductive calculus of all theoretically possible phraseological expressions. Major classes of such phrasemes are established and illustrated: lexemic idioms, collocations, nominemes and clichés; morphemic idioms, collocations, nominemes and clichés; syntactic idioms; and pragmatemes.

Contents:

Intro

GENERAL PHRASEOLOGY

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Table of contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and notations

Introduction

1. What is considered in this book?: Phrasemes

What is a phraseme?

How many phrasemes are there in a language?

2. What are phrasemes described for?: In order to be properly used by a formal model

3. How are phrasemes described in this book?: By proposing a rigorous notional system for phraseology

4. Particularities of this book

5. What one cannot find in this book

Chapter 1. Phraseology as a linguistic discipline

1. What is phraseology?

2. Importance of phraseology

3. Reasons for the existence of phrasemes

3.1 Insufficiency of available elementary signifiers

3.2 Preference for ready-made expressions

3.3 Looking for a higher expressivity

4. The tasks of phraseology

4.1 A deductive notional system for phraseology

4.2 Lexicographic description of phrasemes

Notes

Chapter 2. The notion of phraseme

1. Two notions underlying the notion of phraseme: Constrained selection and compositionality

1.1 Constrained selection

1.1.1 Simplifications adopted

1.1.2 The notion of constrained selection

1.2 Compositionality

1.2.1 The notion of compositionality

1.2.2 No partial compositionality!

1.2.4 Semantic pivot of a phrase

2. The notion of phraseme and the universal typology of phrasemes

Chapter 3. Lexemic phrasemes and their typology

1. The notion of lexemic phraseme

2. Typology of lexemic phrasemes

2.1 Introductory remarks

2.2 Semantic-lexemic phrasemes: Idioms and collocations

Case 1

2.3 Conceptual-lexemic phrasemes: Nominemes and clichés

Case 2

3. Lexemic phrasemes and degenerate lexemes

Chapter 4. Idioms-1: The theory

1. The notion of idiom

1.1 The definition.

1.2 Properties of an idiom

1.2.1 Idioms non-compositional in their signifier and/or in their syntactics

1.2.2 Semantically more or less transparent idioms

1.2.3 Syntactically discontinuous idioms

1.2.4 The part of speech of an idiom

1.2.5 Idioms and degenerate lexemes

1.2.6 Idioms and their "variants"

1.2.7 Idioms and their polysemy/homonymy

1.2.8 Idioms and their lexical functions

2. The three major classes of idioms

2.1 Strong idioms

Lexemoids

2.2 Semantic pivot: Semi-idioms

2.3 Weak idioms

Irreversible binomials

2.4 Pseudo-lexemic idioms = Idiomatic compounds2

3. Three general problems concerning idioms

3.1 "Artistic" deformation of idioms in speech

3.2 Regular grammatical transformations of idioms in language

3.2.1 Passivization of a verbal idiom

3.2.2 Semantic inflection of an internal component of an idiom

3.2.3 Internal modification of an idiom's nominal component

3.2.4 Changing word order in an idiom

3.3 Breaking down, or dissolution, of idioms

quasi-unilexemes

4. Lexicographic description of idioms

Chapter 5. Idioms-2: Lexicographic description of three Russian idioms

1. The Russian idiom ˹užas kakoj˺1 'extreme(ly)'

1.1 The problem stated

1.2 The lexical status of the phrase užas kakoj [X(Σ)]: An idiom

1.3 The syntactic structure of the idiom ˹užas kakoj˺1

1.4 Lexicographic description of the idioms ˹užas kakoj˺1 and ˹užas kak˺1

1.5 Other Russian expressions including the noun užasii.1 'horrorII'

1.5.1 Russian idioms of the form užasii.1←K-word

1.5.2 Russian free phrases of the form užasii.1,←bytʹ-…→K-word

1.5.3 Summing up: Russian situation-evaluative nouns

2. The Russian idiom ˹čto za˺ 'what kind of'

2.1 The problem stated

2.2 The lexical status of the expression čto za [x]?: An idiom.

2.3 The syntactic structure of the idiom ˹čto za˺1 [X]

2.4 Lexicographic description of the idioms ˹čto za˺1 and ˹čto za˺2

Chapter 6. Collocations

1. The notion of collocation

1.1 A collocation and its components

1.2 Properties of a collocation

1.2.1 The compositionality of a collocation

1.2.2 Complex lexemic components of a collocation

1.2.3 Collocations and degenerate lexemes

1.2.4 Syntactically discontinuous collocations

2. Major families of collocations

3. Overview of collocations

3.1 Semantically motivated collocations

3.1.1 Non-actantial semantically motivated collocations

3.1.2 Actantial semantically motivated collocations

3.2 Syntactically motivated collocations

3.3 The number of collocations in a language

3.4 Collocations in the deep-syntactic structure

4. Lexicographic description of collocations

4.1 Lexicographic description of semantically motivated collocations

4.2 Lexicographic description of syntactically motivated collocations

Chapter 7. Nominemes

Chapter 8. Clichés

1. The notion of cliché

2. Four major classes of clichés

2.1 Clichés with a specific concrete referent: Proper nicknames (or descriptive complex proper names)

2.2 Clichés with a generic concrete referent: Termemes

2.3 Clichés with a specific abstract referent: Routine formulas, or formulemes

2.4 Clichés with a generic abstract referent: Sentencemes (from Lat. sententia 'saying, maxim')

3. Lexicographic description of clichés

Chapter 9. Pragmatemes

1. The notion of pragmateme

2. Special linguistic communication situations

3. Pragmatemes and phrasemes

4. Four major types of pragmatemes

Chapter 10. Morphemic phrasemes

1. The notion of morphemic phraseme

2. Semantic-morphemic phrasemes

2.1 Morphemic idioms

2.2 Morphemic collocations.

3. Conceptual-morphemic phrasemes

3.1 Morphemic nominemes

3.2 Morphemic clichés

Chapter 11. Syntactic phrasemes

1. Introductory remarks

2. Typical Russian syntactic phrasemes (= syntactic idioms)

3. Syntactic idioms

3.1 The notion of syntactic idiom

3.2 Distinguish and avoid confounding!

3.3 Fictitious lexemes

3.4 An illustrative list of Russian syntactic idioms

Conclusions

J. Becker's List

Appendix. Lexical functions

1. Lexical functions: The notion and typology

2. Simple standard lexical functions

2.1 Paradigmatic lexical functions

2.1.1 Paradigmatic LFs describing core lexical relations

2.1.2 Paradigmatic LFs describing derivational relations

2.2 Syntagmatic lexical functions

2.2.1 Nominal syntagmatic lexical functions

2.2.2 Adjectival/adverbial syntagmatic lexical functions

2.2.3 Verbal syntagmatic lexical functions

3. Non-standard lexical functions

References

Definition index

Notion and term index, with a glossary

Index of linguistic items treated: Semantemes, lexical expressions, morphemes

Language index.

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Print version: Mel'čuk, Igor General Phraseology

ISBN:

9789027254658

OCLC:

1370493340