A Constructional Account of Verb-Forming Suffixation

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911147805303321
• Autore: Laws Jacqueline
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2023; ©2023
• ISBN: 9789027249470; 9027249474
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 pages)
• Collana: Constructional Approaches to Language Series ; ; v.36
• Classificazione: ET 350
• Disciplina: 425.92
• Soggetti: English language - Suffixes and prefixes; English language - Verb; English language - Semantics; English language - Spoken English - Great Britain; Construction grammar
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- A Constructional Account of Verb-Forming Suffixation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and notations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What this book is about -- 1.2 Derivative formation, transparency and lexicalization -- 1.3 Semantic categorization and polysemy -- 1.4 The constructional framework -- 1.5 The importance of spoken language and register variation -- 1.6 Aims, scope and research questions -- 1.7 Structure of this volume -- 1.7.1 Part I. Study 1: A descriptive analysis of verb-forming suffixation -- 1.7.2 Part II. Theoretical background -- 1.7.3 Part III. Study 2: A semantic analysis of verb-forming suffixation -- Part I Study 1: A descriptive analysis of verb-forming suffixation -- Chapter 2 Form and register characteristics of verbal derivatives -- 2.1 Verb-forming suffixation -- 2.1.1 The suffix -ize -- 2.1.2 The suffix -ify -- 2.1.3 The suffix -en -- 2.1.4 The suffix -ate -- 2.1.5 Comparison of verb-forming suffixes -- 2.2 Study 1 Methodology: Corpus-based analysis ; -- 2.2.1 Data sources -- 2.2.1.1 Content of the three corpora -- 2.2.1.2 Everyday spoken British English: Two corpora 20 years apart -- 2.2.1.3 Two synchronous corpora: Two levels of formality in spoken British English -- 2.2.2 Corpus search for verbal derivative forms -- 2.2.3 Selection of target verbal derivatives -- 2.2.4 Classification of derivatives by transparency -- 2.2.5 Classification of derivatives by grammatical class -- 2.2.5.1 The main verb -- 2.2.5.2 Stative Passives and Predicative Participial Adjectives -- 2.2.5.3 Premodification -- 2.2.5.4 Postmodification -- 2.2.5.5 Clause-level structures -- 2.2.5.6 Nominals and other word class structures.; 2.2.5.7 Summary of register-related predictions for the grammatical analysis -- 2.2.6 Preliminaries regarding corpus data analysis and representation -- 2.3 Study 1 Results and discussion: Corpus-based analysis -- 2.3.1 Frequency of suffix categories -- 2.3.2 Variation within suffix categories: Grammatical analysis -- 2.3.3 Overview of inter-corpus differences -- 2.3.4 Variation across the spoken corpora: Grammatical analysis -- 2.4 Summary and conclusions -- Part II Theoretical background -- Chapter 3 Verb-forming suffixation -- 3.1 Perspectives on the semantic analysis of verb-forming suffixation -- 3.1.1 Locative - transitive change-of-location -- 3.1.2 Ornative - transitive change-of-location -- 3.1.3 Causative - transitive change-of-state -- 3.1.4 Resultative - transitive change-of-state -- 3.1.5 Inchoative - intransitive change-of-state -- 3.1.6 Performative - intransitive -- 3.1.7 Similative - transitive and intransitive -- 3.1.8 Key issues relating to the semantic analysis of verb-forming suffixation -- 3.2 Senses, paraphrases, meaning and semantic categories -- 3.3 The semantic scope of verb-forming suffixation -- 3.3.1 The Locative semantic category -- 3.3.2 The Ornative semantic category -- 3.3.3 The Inchoative-Ornative semantic category -- 3.3.4 The Causative semantic category -- 3.3.5 The Inchoative-Causative semantic category -- 3.3.6 The Resultative semantic category -- 3.3.7 The Inchoative-Resultative semantic category -- 3.3.8 The Performative semantic category -- 3.3.9 The Similative semantic category -- 3.3.10 Additional categories of verbal derivative senses -- 3.3.11 Discussion on the nature of semantic categories -- 3.4 The semantic scope of verb-forming suffix categories -- 3.4.1 The semantic scope of -ize derivatives -- 3.4.2 The semantic scope of -ify derivatives -- 3.4.3 The semantic scope of -en derivatives.; 3.4.4 The semantic scope of -ate derivatives -- 3.5 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 4 A constructional approach to verbal derivation -- 4.1 Construction Grammar -- 4.1.1 Argument structure constructions -- 4.1.1.1 The central sense of a construction and its extensions -- 4.1.1.2 Network of constructions within argument structure constructions -- 4.1.1.3 Links between levels within argument structure constructions -- 4.1.1.4 Links between argument structure construction types within the constructicon -- 4.1.2 Argument structure alternations -- 4.1.2.1 Constructional approaches to argument structure alternations -- 4.1.2.2 The Dative alternation -- 4.1.2.3 The Locative alternation -- 4.1.2.4 Considerations relating to the with-Applicative construction -- 4.1.3 Usage-based model of linguistic knowledge -- 4.1.4 Summary of issues relating to argument structure constructions -- 4.2 Construction Morphology -- 4.2.1 The analysis of complex words -- 4.2.2 Affix polysemy -- 4.3 The constructional approach adopted in this volume -- 4.4 Summary and conclusions -- Part III Study 2: A semantic analysis of verb-forming suffixation -- Chapter 5 Constructional properties of verbal derivative senses -- 5.1 Study 2 Methodology: Semantic analysis -- 5.1.1 Identification of derivative senses -- 5.1.2 Conversion ; of derivative meanings to sense-related schemas -- 5.1.3 Assignment of derivative semantic roles -- 5.1.4 Data types: Schema relatedness -- 5.1.5 Development of semantic category construction hierarchies -- 5.1.5.1 Derivative meanings corresponding to a construction type -- 5.1.5.2 Derivative meanings corresponding to multiple construction types -- 5.1.6 Reliability checking of semantic category assignment -- 5.1.7 System for representing polysemous derivatives -- 5.1.8 Key information relating to the results of the semantic analysis.; 5.2 Study 2 Results and discussion: Established semantic categories -- 5.2.1 The Locative semantic category revisited -- 5.2.2 The Ornative semantic category revisited -- 5.2.3 The Inchoative-Ornative semantic category revisited -- 5.2.4 The Causative semantic category revisited -- 5.2.5 The Inchoative-Causative semantic category revisited -- 5.2.6 The Resultative semantic category revisited -- 5.2.7 The Inchoative-Resultative semantic category revisited -- 5.2.8 The Performative semantic category revisited -- 5.2.9 The Similative semantic category revisited -- 5.2.10 Summary of findings for Established semantic categories -- 5.3 Study 2 Results and discussion: Additional semantic categories -- 5.3.1 The Imposative semantic category -- 5.3.2 The Inchoative-Imposative semantic category -- 5.3.3 The Regardative semantic category -- 5.3.4 The Representative semantic category -- 5.3.5 The Achievement semantic category -- 5.3.6 The Approximative and Tentative semantic categories -- 5.3.7 Summary of findings for Additional semantic categories -- 5.4 Study 2 Results and discussion: Newly-identified semantic categories -- 5.4.1 The Conformative semantic category -- 5.4.2 The Inchoative-Conformative semantic category -- 5.4.3 The Defining semantic category -- 5.4.4 The Determinative semantic category -- 5.4.5 The Acknowledging semantic category -- 5.4.6 The Confirmative semantic category -- 5.4.7 Summary of findings for Newly-Identified semantic categories -- 5.5 Study 2 Results and discussion: Unclassified verbal derivatives -- 5.5.1 Unclassified Transitive Change-of-State verbal derivatives (1A) -- 5.5.2 Unclassified Intransitive Change-of-State verbal derivatives (1A) -- 5.5.3 Unclassified Transitive Non-Change-of-State verbal derivatives (1B-7) -- 5.5.4 Unclassified Intransitive Non-Change-of-State verbal derivatives (1B-7).; 5.5.5 Summary of findings for Unclassified verbal derivatives -- 5.6 Overview of frequency distributions -- 5.6.1 Frequency distributions of verbal derivatives across semantic categories -- 5.6.2 Frequency distribution of neologisms and new senses -- 5.7 Relationships between semantic categories and constructions -- 5.8 Summary and conclusions -- Chapter 6 The characteristics of verbal derivatives in spoken British English -- 6.1 Frequency distribution of suffix categories -- 6.2 The semantic profile of each suffix category -- 6.2.1 The semantic profile of the [[x] -ize]V construction -- 6.2.2 The semantic profile of the [[x] -ify]V construction -- 6.2.3 The semantic profile of the [[x] -en]V construction -- 6.2.4 The semantic profile of the [[x] -ate]V construction -- 6.2.5 Comparison of suffix profiles -- 6.3 Comparison of findings across corpus types -- 6.3.1 Register comparisons of semantic class frequency -- 6.3.2 Diachronic comparisons of semantic class frequency -- 6.4 Neologisms and new senses across suffix classes and corpora -- 6.5 Summary and conclusions -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Summary and evaluation -- 7.1 Summary of findings -- 7.2 Evaluation of the approach from a theoretical and methodological perspective -- 7.3 Directions for further research -- 7.4 Concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E -- Appendix F -- Constructions index -- Name index -- Subject index.
• Sommario/riassunto: the research reported here constitutes the most comprehensive usage-based analysis of verbal derivatives available to date and provides register-based and diachronic comparisons of usage and distribution patterns across corpora of spoken English.