A Constructional Account of Verb-Forming Suffixation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laws, Jacqueline.

Series:

Constructional Approaches to Language Series

Constructional Approaches to Language Series ; v.36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Suffixes and prefixes.

English language.

English language--Verb.

English language--Semantics.

English language--Spoken English--Great Britain.

Construction grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2023.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

the research reported here constitutes the most comprehensive usage-based analysis of verbal derivatives available to date and provides register-based and diachronic comparisons of usage and distribution patterns across corpora of spoken English.

Contents:

Intro

A Constructional Account of Verb-Forming Suffixation

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Table of contents

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and notations

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 What this book is about

1.2 Derivative formation, transparency and lexicalization

1.3 Semantic categorization and polysemy

1.4 The constructional framework

1.5 The importance of spoken language and register variation

1.6 Aims, scope and research questions

1.7 Structure of this volume

1.7.1 Part I. Study 1: A descriptive analysis of verb-forming suffixation

1.7.2 Part II. Theoretical background

1.7.3 Part III. Study 2: A semantic analysis of verb-forming suffixation

Part I Study 1: A descriptive analysis of verb-forming suffixation

Chapter 2 Form and register characteristics of verbal derivatives

2.1 Verb-forming suffixation

2.1.1 The suffix -ize

2.1.2 The suffix -ify

2.1.3 The suffix -en

2.1.4 The suffix -ate

2.1.5 Comparison of verb-forming suffixes

2.2 Study 1 Methodology: Corpus-based analysis

2.2.1 Data sources

2.2.1.1 Content of the three corpora

2.2.1.2 Everyday spoken British English: Two corpora 20 years apart

2.2.1.3 Two synchronous corpora: Two levels of formality in spoken British English

2.2.2 Corpus search for verbal derivative forms

2.2.3 Selection of target verbal derivatives

2.2.4 Classification of derivatives by transparency

2.2.5 Classification of derivatives by grammatical class

2.2.5.1 The main verb

2.2.5.2 Stative Passives and Predicative Participial Adjectives

2.2.5.3 Premodification

2.2.5.4 Postmodification

2.2.5.5 Clause-level structures

2.2.5.6 Nominals and other word class structures.

2.2.5.7 Summary of register-related predictions for the grammatical analysis

2.2.6 Preliminaries regarding corpus data analysis and representation

2.3 Study 1 Results and discussion: Corpus-based analysis

2.3.1 Frequency of suffix categories

2.3.2 Variation within suffix categories: Grammatical analysis

2.3.3 Overview of inter-corpus differences

2.3.4 Variation across the spoken corpora: Grammatical analysis

2.4 Summary and conclusions

Part II Theoretical background

Chapter 3 Verb-forming suffixation

3.1 Perspectives on the semantic analysis of verb-forming suffixation

3.1.1 Locative - transitive change-of-location

3.1.2 Ornative - transitive change-of-location

3.1.3 Causative - transitive change-of-state

3.1.4 Resultative - transitive change-of-state

3.1.5 Inchoative - intransitive change-of-state

3.1.6 Performative - intransitive

3.1.7 Similative - transitive and intransitive

3.1.8 Key issues relating to the semantic analysis of verb-forming suffixation

3.2 Senses, paraphrases, meaning and semantic categories

3.3 The semantic scope of verb-forming suffixation

3.3.1 The Locative semantic category

3.3.2 The Ornative semantic category

3.3.3 The Inchoative-Ornative semantic category

3.3.4 The Causative semantic category

3.3.5 The Inchoative-Causative semantic category

3.3.6 The Resultative semantic category

3.3.7 The Inchoative-Resultative semantic category

3.3.8 The Performative semantic category

3.3.9 The Similative semantic category

3.3.10 Additional categories of verbal derivative senses

3.3.11 Discussion on the nature of semantic categories

3.4 The semantic scope of verb-forming suffix categories

3.4.1 The semantic scope of -ize derivatives

3.4.2 The semantic scope of -ify derivatives

3.4.3 The semantic scope of -en derivatives.

3.4.4 The semantic scope of -ate derivatives

3.5 Summary and conclusions

Chapter 4 A constructional approach to verbal derivation

4.1 Construction Grammar

4.1.1 Argument structure constructions

4.1.1.1 The central sense of a construction and its extensions

4.1.1.2 Network of constructions within argument structure constructions

4.1.1.3 Links between levels within argument structure constructions

4.1.1.4 Links between argument structure construction types within the constructicon

4.1.2 Argument structure alternations

4.1.2.1 Constructional approaches to argument structure alternations

4.1.2.2 The Dative alternation

4.1.2.3 The Locative alternation

4.1.2.4 Considerations relating to the with-Applicative construction

4.1.3 Usage-based model of linguistic knowledge

4.1.4 Summary of issues relating to argument structure constructions

4.2 Construction Morphology

4.2.1 The analysis of complex words

4.2.2 Affix polysemy

4.3 The constructional approach adopted in this volume

4.4 Summary and conclusions

Part III Study 2: A semantic analysis of verb-forming suffixation

Chapter 5 Constructional properties of verbal derivative senses

5.1 Study 2 Methodology: Semantic analysis

5.1.1 Identification of derivative senses

5.1.2 Conversion of derivative meanings to sense-related schemas

5.1.3 Assignment of derivative semantic roles

5.1.4 Data types: Schema relatedness

5.1.5 Development of semantic category construction hierarchies

5.1.5.1 Derivative meanings corresponding to a construction type

5.1.5.2 Derivative meanings corresponding to multiple construction types

5.1.6 Reliability checking of semantic category assignment

5.1.7 System for representing polysemous derivatives

5.1.8 Key information relating to the results of the semantic analysis.

5.2 Study 2 Results and discussion: Established semantic categories

5.2.1 The Locative semantic category revisited

5.2.2 The Ornative semantic category revisited

5.2.3 The Inchoative-Ornative semantic category revisited

5.2.4 The Causative semantic category revisited

5.2.5 The Inchoative-Causative semantic category revisited

5.2.6 The Resultative semantic category revisited

5.2.7 The Inchoative-Resultative semantic category revisited

5.2.8 The Performative semantic category revisited

5.2.9 The Similative semantic category revisited

5.2.10 Summary of findings for Established semantic categories

5.3 Study 2 Results and discussion: Additional semantic categories

5.3.1 The Imposative semantic category

5.3.2 The Inchoative-Imposative semantic category

5.3.3 The Regardative semantic category

5.3.4 The Representative semantic category

5.3.5 The Achievement semantic category

5.3.6 The Approximative and Tentative semantic categories

5.3.7 Summary of findings for Additional semantic categories

5.4 Study 2 Results and discussion: Newly-identified semantic categories

5.4.1 The Conformative semantic category

5.4.2 The Inchoative-Conformative semantic category

5.4.3 The Defining semantic category

5.4.4 The Determinative semantic category

5.4.5 The Acknowledging semantic category

5.4.6 The Confirmative semantic category

5.4.7 Summary of findings for Newly-Identified semantic categories

5.5 Study 2 Results and discussion: Unclassified verbal derivatives

5.5.1 Unclassified Transitive Change-of-State verbal derivatives (1A)

5.5.2 Unclassified Intransitive Change-of-State verbal derivatives (1A)

5.5.3 Unclassified Transitive Non-Change-of-State verbal derivatives (1B-7)

5.5.4 Unclassified Intransitive Non-Change-of-State verbal derivatives (1B-7).

5.5.5 Summary of findings for Unclassified verbal derivatives

5.6 Overview of frequency distributions

5.6.1 Frequency distributions of verbal derivatives across semantic categories

5.6.2 Frequency distribution of neologisms and new senses

5.7 Relationships between semantic categories and constructions

5.8 Summary and conclusions

Chapter 6 The characteristics of verbal derivatives in spoken British English

6.1 Frequency distribution of suffix categories

6.2 The semantic profile of each suffix category

6.2.1 The semantic profile of the [[x] -ize]V construction

6.2.2 The semantic profile of the [[x] -ify]V construction

6.2.3 The semantic profile of the [[x] -en]V construction

6.2.4 The semantic profile of the [[x] -ate]V construction

6.2.5 Comparison of suffix profiles

6.3 Comparison of findings across corpus types

6.3.1 Register comparisons of semantic class frequency

6.3.2 Diachronic comparisons of semantic class frequency

6.4 Neologisms and new senses across suffix classes and corpora

6.5 Summary and conclusions

Conclusion

Chapter 7 Summary and evaluation

7.1 Summary of findings

7.2 Evaluation of the approach from a theoretical and methodological perspective

7.3 Directions for further research

7.4 Concluding remarks

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Constructions index

Name index

Subject index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Laws, Jacqueline A Constructional Account of Verb-Forming Suffixation

ISBN:

9789027249470

9027249474

OCLC:

1396063724