08001nam 22003973 450 991084185300332120240227080212.09783031466021(CKB)30499874700041(MiAaPQ)EBC31176073(Au-PeEL)EBL31176073(EXLCZ)993049987470004120240227d2024 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConstructional and Cognitive Explorations of Contrastive Linguistics1st ed.Cham :Springer International Publishing AG,2024.©2024.1 online resource (263 pages)9783031466014 Intro -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Introduction -- References -- Approaches to Cross-Linguistic Studies in Functional and Cognitive/Constructional Theories of Language -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Butler and Gonzálvez-García-Exploring Functional-Cognitive Space -- 3 Functional Discourse Grammar -- 4 Role and Reference Grammar -- 5 Systemic Functional Linguistics -- 6 Cognitive Grammar -- 7 Interlude: Constructionist Approaches and Construction Grammars -- 8 Cognitive Construction Grammar -- 9 Radical Construction Grammar -- 10 Comparison of the Six Theories -- 11 Overall Conclusions -- References -- The Impact of the Base: Evidence from Word-Based vs. Stem-Based Compounds -- 1 Introduction and Some Theoretical Considerations -- 2 Compounds in German and Greek -- 2.1 Word and Stem Formations -- 2.2 Structural Properties -- 3 The Relation Between Word Formation and Syntax -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- A Contrastive Analysis of Placement Verbs in German and Dutch -- 1 Object of Study and Research Question -- 1.1 Placement Verbs -- 1.2 German Versus Dutch -- 1.3 Noun-Verb Phrases (NVPs) -- 1.4 Research Questions -- 2 Data and Theoretical Framework -- 3 Results of the Semantic Analysis -- 3.1 The Different Conceptualisations related to the PLVs -- 4 Summary of Contrastive Observations -- 5 The German Verb Versetzen and its Equivalents in Dutch -- 5.1 The Meaning of the Prefix  ver- -- 5.2 An Analysis of Dutch Translations of German Versetzen-NVPs -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- From the Reflexive to the Middle Construction: What is 'In-Between'? a Comparison Between English and Italian -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Reflexive Construction -- 3 The Middle Construction -- 4 The Middle-Reflexive Construction -- 4.1 The Evaluative Middle-Reflexive Construction -- 5 Comparing the English RC, MC, MRC, EMRC and the Italian si-Construction -- 6 Conclusion.References -- The Integration of Frequency Dimensions and Lexicalisation Preferences in Contrastive Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Causal Constructions with (Colour) Adjectives -- 2.1 The Semantics of Causal Constructions -- 2.2 Contrastive Description of Causal Constructions in German and French -- 3 Verbless Directives -- 3.1 Verbless Directives in Contrast -- 3.2 Favourite Lexicalisation Patterns in French and German -- 4 Conclusions and Perspectives -- Appendix 1: Questionnaire About Expressions of Excessiveness for German Participants -- References -- The Functions of Attitude Markers in Spanish and English Academic Papers on Linguistics and Their Collocations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Academic English, Metadiscourse, Attitude Markers and Collocations -- 3 Material and Methods -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Results of the Most Frequent Attitude Markers and Their Collocations in English and Spanish. Nouns -- 4.2 Results of the Most Frequent Attitude Markers and Their Collocations in English and Spanish. Verbs -- 4.3 Results of the Most Frequent Attitude Markers and Their Collocations in English and Spanish. Adjectives -- 4.4 Results of the Most Frequent Attitude Markers and Their Collocations in English and Spanish. Adverbs -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Metaphorical Binominal Constructions in the Domain of Water: A River of Words. Evidence from Italian, Polish and Russian -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Metaphorical Binominal Constructions -- 3 Analysis of Binominal Construction in the Semantic Domain of water: a river of n2 -- 3.1 The Binominal Construction in Italian: [fiume di N2] -- 3.2 The Binominal Construction in Polish: [rzeka N2.gen] -- 3.3 The Binominal Constructions in Russian: [reka N2.GEN] and [N1 rekoj] -- 4 Contrastive Analysis -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References.Legitimisation and Persuasion in Discourse: Effective Stance in Journalistic and Political Discourse in English and Spanish -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Effective Stance in Discourse -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Hypotheses -- 3.2 Corpus -- 3.3 Procedure -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Results for Effective Stance in Discourse Domains in English and Spanish: Political Speeches Versus Opinion Columns -- 4.2 Results for Effective Stance in the Two Languages: English Versus Spanish Political and Journalistic Discourse -- 4.3 Results for Effective Stance in Political and Journalistic Discourse in English and Spanish: Ideological Positioning of Political Parties and Ideological Slant of Newspapers -- 4.4 Discussion of Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Developing a Comparative Model of Predicted Associations for Invariable Question Tag Types in British English and European Portuguese -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Tag Question Construction in British English and European Portuguese -- 1.2 The Study: Aims and Structure -- 2 Dataset and Methodology -- 3 Analysis: Findings and Discussion -- 3.1 Frequencies of ITQs in BE and EP -- 3.2 Grammatical Features of ITQs in BE and EP -- 3.3 Stance Types of ITQs in BE and EP -- 3.4 Dialogic Behavior of ITQs in BE and EP -- 3.5 Contextual Variation of ITQs in BE and EP -- 3.6 A Model of Predicted Associations for ITQs in BE and EP -- 4 Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Variables and Values Used in the Empirical Analysis -- Appendix 2: Contingency Tables -- Appendix 3: Comparison of Equivalent ITQs in BE and EP -- References -- Sexism in Right-Wing Populist Online Discourse in Italy and the US: A Contrastive Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 On Social Media and Right-Wing Populist Propaganda -- 3 Theoretical Background -- 3.1 Critical Discourse Analysis -- 3.2 On Defining Sexism -- 4 Context and Data Presentation.5 Representing Female Opponents in Politics and Civil Society in Donald J. Trump's and Matteo Salvini's Online Posts: Analysis -- 5.1 Expressions Designed to Portray Women as Misleading and Untrustworthy -- 5.2 Expressions Designed to Portray Women as Incapable -- 5.3 Expressions Designed to Portray Women as Devoid of Self-control and Subject to Violent Reactions -- 5.4 Personifications -- 5.5 Dehumanisation Through Animalisation and Objectification -- 5.6 Diminishing Labels -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Reported Speech in Opinion Newspaper Articles and Political Speeches: An English/Spanish Contrastive Approach -- 1 Introduction: Objectives, Hypotheses and Structure of the Paper -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 2.1 Concept and Scope of Reported Speech -- 2.2 Reporting Verbs -- 3 Data and Method of Analysis -- 3.1 The Corpus -- 3.2 Methodology -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Overall Results -- 4.2 Political Discourse -- 4.3 Newspaper Discourse -- 4.4 Overall Comments on the Qualification of the Verbs Across Discourse Types and Languages -- 5 Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research -- References.Baicchi Annalisa1224774Broccias Cristiano624739MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910841853003321Constructional and Cognitive Explorations of Contrastive Linguistics4136073UNINA