1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791322303321

Autore

Broccias Cristiano <1972->

Titolo

The English change network : forcing changes into schemas / / by Cristiano Broccias

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2003

ISBN

3-11-090120-X

Edizione

[Reprint 2013]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 pages)

Collana

Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] ; ; 22

Cognitive linguistics research ; ; 22

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Syntax

Cognitive grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pavia, 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Resultative constructions and change constructions -- Chapter 3: Asymmetric resultatives and the change complex -- Chapter 4: Motion and idiosyncrasy -- Chapter 5: The Force Change Schema and the Event Change Schema -- Chapter 6: The Event Force Change Schema and verb classes -- Chapter 7: at-constructions -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sources of examples -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

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 asymmetric resultatives, sublexical change constructions and mildly causal constructions.