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The English change network : forcing changes into schemas /

This book introduces the notion of change construction and systematically studies, within a Cognitive Grammar framework, the rich inventory of its instantiations in English, from well-known structures such as the so-called resultative construction to a variety of largely ignored types such as asymme...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Broccias, Cristiano, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2003.
Colección:Cognitive linguistics research ; 22.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Figures And Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • 1. Two Constructions
  • 1.1. The Resultative Construction
  • 1.2. The At-Construction
  • 1.3. The Notion Of Change
  • 2. Cognitive Grammar
  • 2.1. Basic Assumptions
  • 2.2. Predication
  • 2.3. Composite Structures
  • 3. Preview
  • Chapter 2: Resultative Constructions And Change Constructions
  • 1. Resultative Phrases And Constructions
  • 1.1. Transitive Resultative Constructions
  • 1.2. Intransitive Resultative Constructions
  • 1.3. Conceptual Distance
  • 1.4. Paraphrases For The Resultative Construction 1.5. Summary
  • 2. The Billiard-Ball Model
  • 2.1. The Syntactic Realisation Of The Resultative Phrase
  • 2.2. States And Positions
  • 2.3. Reverse Causal Ordering
  • 2.4. Causality And Manipulable Entities
  • 2.5. A First Schematic Representation
  • 2.6. Summary
  • 3. The Change Phrase
  • 3.1. A Host Of Constructions
  • 3.2. Sublexical Change
  • 3.3. Like Change Constructions
  • 3.4. Prepositional Phrases And Phrasal Verbs
  • 3.5. Summary
  • 4. Conclusion
  • Chapter 3: Asymmetric Resultatives And The Change Complex 1. Transitivity
  • 1.1. A Preliminary Analysis Based On Levin And Rappaport Hovav (1995)
  • 1.2. The Direct Object Restriction
  • 1.3. Some Problematic Data
  • 1.4. Summary
  • 2. The Change Complex
  • 2.1. Allative And Ablative Prepositions
  • 2.2. Prepositions In The Change Complex
  • 2.3. The Problematic Examples
  • 2.4. Summary
  • 3. Impossible Combinations
  • 3.1. An Aesthetic Paradox
  • 3.2. Affectedness And Objectivity: When Properties Are Not In The Eye Of The Beholder
  • 3.3. Goldbergâ€?S (1995) Unique Path Constraint 4. Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Motion And Idiosyncrasy
  • 1. The Motion Scenario
  • 1.1. The Motion Scenario Is Evoked By The Construction
  • 1.2. The Motion Scenario Is Evoked By The Verb
  • 1.3. Summary
  • 2. Tight Links And Information Retrieval
  • 2.1. Transitivity And Motion
  • 2.2. Linking Events
  • 3. Lexical Variation
  • 3.1. Wechslerâ€?S (2001) Approach
  • 3.2. Gestalt Versus Part-Whole Properties
  • 3.3. Summary
  • 4. Interim Conclusion
  • 4.1. Transitivity
  • 4.2. Resultative Adjectives Chapter 5: The Force Change Schema And The Event Change Schema
  • 1. The Force Change Schema
  • 1.1. Subcategorised Objects
  • 1.2. Unsubcategorised Objects: Above-The-Norm Reading And Tight Links
  • 1.3. Mild Causality And Specification
  • 1.4. Goldbergâ€?S (1995) Analysis
  • 2. The Event Change Schema
  • 2.1. Temporal Coextensiveness
  • 2.2. Temporal Sequencing
  • 2.3. The Transitive Event Change Schema And Subject Orientation
  • 3. Conclusion
  • Chapter 6: The Event Force Change Schema And Verb Classes