Lexical and Syntactical Constructions and the Construction of Meaning
Proceedings of the bi-annual ICLA meeting in Albuquerque, July 1995
In sections two and three papers are presented on cross-categorial polysemy between lexical and grammatical uses of a morpheme, and between different grammatical senses, and on the relationship between earlier lexical senses and later grammatical ones.
The final section of the volume brings together studies which shed further light on transitivity and argument structure. The study of transitivity necessarily entails exploration of the relationship between syntactic constructions and the pragmatics and semantics conveyed by such constructions.
As a whole, this collection of papers gives new evidence on the complexity and motivation of the mapping between linguistic form and function and offers a wealth of new directions for research on the construction of meaning at every level of the sentence.
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | p. ix
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Introduction | p. xi
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Part I: Image Schemas and Construal Relations
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Some Properties and Groupings of Image SchemasAlan Cienki | p. 3
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Construal Transformations: Internal and External Viewpoints in Interpreting ContainmentRobert B. Dewell | p. 17
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The Role of Figure, Ground, and Coercion in Aspectual InterpretationNaoko Hayase | p. 33
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Verb-First Constructions in GermanHolger Diessel | p. 51
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The Mental Manipulation of the Vertical Axis: How to go from “up” to “out”, or from “above” to “behind”Lena Ekberg | p. 69
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A Prosodic/Pragmatic Explanation for Word Order Variation in ASL with Typological ImplicationsRonnie B. Wilbur | p. 89
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Part II: Grammatical Morphemes versus Lexical Units
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Japanes ni: The Particulars of a somewhat Contradictory ParticleKaori Kabata and Sally Rice | p. 107
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Observations on Wanka Quechua Conjecture Marking and SubjectificationRick Floyd | p. 129
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Implementation of the FIGURE-GROUND Distinction in PolishLaura A. Janda | p. 149
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Genitives and von-Datives in German: A Case of free VariationPetra Campe | p. 165
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Two-way Prepositions in German: Image and ConstraintsCarlo Serra-Borneto | p. 187
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Part III: Grammaticalization Processes
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The Conventional Association of a Lexeme with a Metaphor: The Case of the Wolof Verb fekk-eKevin Ezra Moore | p. 207
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Conceptual Blending: The Afrikaans verbs doen ‘do’ and maak ‘make’Willem J. Botha | p. 231
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The Spanish Copulas SER and ESTARNicole Delbecque | p. 247
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The English Tense-System as an Epistemic Category: The Case of FuturityFrank Brisard | p. 271
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From Attribution/Purpose to Cause: Image Schema and Grammaticalization of some Cause Markers in JapaneseYo Matsumoto | p. 287
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Part IV: Degrees of Transitivity
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Reflexive Markers in Polish: Participants, Metaphors, and ConstructionsBarbara Dancygier | p. 311
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Transitivity and the Incorporation of Ground Information in Japanese Path VerbsVictoria Muehleisen and Mutsumi Imai | p. 329
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The Samoan Transitive Suffix as an Inverse MarkerKenneth William Cook | p. 347
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The Transitive-Ergative Interplay and the Conception of the World: A Case StudyMaarten Lemmens | p. 363
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The Relationships between Verbs and ConstructionsAdele E. Goldberg | p. 383
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German Impersonal PassivesCarlee Arnett | p. 399
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An Account of Implicit Complement Control in English and GermanKlaus-Uwe Panther | p. 417
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Predicate Adjuncts and SubjectificationMarjolijn H. Verspoor | p. 433
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Index | p. 451
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