Chapter 4
English Change verbs
Article outline
- 4.1Introduction
- 4.2Semantics of English Change Verbs
- 4.2.1Method
- 4.2.2Meaning components of English Change verbs
- General verbs: Change, turn
- Verbs with additional MCs:
: Alter, modify, transform
- 4.2.3Summary of English Change verb meanings
- 4.3Valency of English Change verbs
- 4.3.1Data, methodology, and terminology
- 4.3.2English Change VCs: Overview
- 4.3.3Results of corpus analysis
- Alter
- Change
- Transform
- Turn
- Modify
- 4.3.4Summary of corpus valency analysis
- 4.3.4.1General summary of valency behavior tendencies
- 4.3.4.2Implications of valency analysis
- 4.4The English Change frame-constructional verb class
- 4.4.1Approach
- 4.4.2The semantics of the English Change FCVC
- Shared meaning
- Peripheral FEs
- Additional meaning components
- Relation to other FCVCs: General meaning of the Change FCVC
- Relation to other FCVCs: Change FCVC vs. “change-of-state” verbs/FCVCs
- Relation to other FCVCs: Change-of-state interpretations for Change verbs in specific contexts
- 4.4.3The syntax of the English Change FCVC
- 4.4.3.1“Constructional range” of the English Change FCVC
- 4.4.3.2Network structure of the (Change) constructional range
- 4.4.3.3The meanings of valency constructions and the constructional
range
- 4.4.3.4Verb meanings and their distribution across the constructional
range
- 4.4.3.5Phrase-Types, allostructions, and the general semantics of change
verbs
- 4.4.3.6Summary
- 4.5Multi-grained verb entries and (syntactic-semantic) subclasses
- 4.5.1Contents of multi-grained verb entries
- 4.5.2MGVEs for English Change verbs
- 4.5.3Implications of the MGVE approach
- 4.5.4Syntactic-semantic subclasses and refining MGVEs
- 4.6Testing the FCVC approach and a “Drastic Change”
subclass
- 4.6.1Can FCVCs predict argument realization?
- 4.6.2Meaning and valency behavior of metamorphose
- 4.6.3Assessing the accuracy (predictive power) of the Change FCVC
- 4.6.4A “Drastic Change” subclass?
- 4.7Conclusion
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Notes