Grammatical Constructions
Back to the roots
Editors
This volume brings into focus the conceptual roots of the notion ‘grammatical construction’ as the theoretical entity that constitutes the backbone of Construction Grammar, a unique grammatical model in which grammatical constructions have the status of elementary building blocks of human language. By exploring the analytic potential and applicability of this notion, the contributions illustrate some of the fundamental concerns of constructional research. These include issues of sentence structure in a model that rejects the autonomy of syntax; the contribution of Frame Semantics in establishing the relationship between syntactic patterning and the lexical meaning of verbs; and the challenge of capturing the dynamic and variable nature of grammatical structure in a systematic way. All the authors share a commitment to studying grammar in its use, which gives the book a rich empirical dimension that draws on authentic data from typologically diverse languages.
[Constructional Approaches to Language, 4] 2005. viii, 246 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 1 July 2008
Published online on 1 July 2008
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionHans C. Boas and Mirjam Fried | pp. 1–9
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I. Syntactic patterning
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1. Definite null objects in (spoken) French: A Construction-Grammar accountKnud Lambrecht and Kevin Lemoine | pp. 13–55
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2. From relativization to clause-linkage: Evidence from Modern JapaneseKyoko Ohara | pp. 57–70
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3. Argument structure constructions and the argument-adjunct distinctionPaul Kay | pp. 71–98
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II. Syntax and semantics of verbs
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4. The role of verb meaning in locative alternationsSeizi Iwata | pp. 101–118
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5. Verbal polysemy and Frame Semantics in Construction Grammar: Some observations on the locative alternationNoriko Nemoto | pp. 119–136
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6. A constructional approach to mimetic verbsNatsuko Tsujimura | pp. 137–154
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III. Language variation and change
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7. Integration, grammaticization, and constructional meaningRonald W. Langacker | pp. 157–189
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8. Constructions and variabilityJaakko Leino and Jan-Ola Östman | pp. 191–213
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9. Construction Grammar as a conceptual framework for linguistic typology: A case from reference trackingToshio Ohori | pp. 215–237
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Index | pp. 239–243
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Index of constructions | p. 245
“Fresh ideas on language studies add vibrancy to theoretical linguistics. This volume is well edited and offers new ideas on language analyses to researchers and students.”
Jyh Wee Sew,
National University of Singapore, in Lingvisticae Investigationes, Vol. 30:2 (2007)
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General