Lexical and syntactical constructions and the construction of meaning : proceedings of the bi-annual ICLA meeting in Albuquerque, July 1995 / / edited by Marjolijn Verspoor, Kee Dong Lee, Eve Sweetser

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2009, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 454 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax; Semantics
• Altri autori: SweetserEve VerspoorMarjolyn YiKi-dong <1940->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: LEXICAL AND SYNTACTICAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Image Schemas and Construal Relations -- Some Properties and Groupings of Image Schemas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Shared Properties of Image Schemas -- 3. Categories of Image Schemas -- 4. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- Construal Transformations:Internal and External Viewpoints in Interpreting Containment -- 1. Image Schemas, Viewpoints and Transformations -- 2. Vantage-Shifting Transformations -- 3. Tracing Polysemy to Internal-Viewpoint Transformations -- 4. Opened Containers and Weakly Internal Viewpoints -- 5. Further Topics -- Endnotes -- References -- The Role of Figure, Ground, and Coercion in Aspectual Interpretation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Preliminaries -- 3. English Converbs: Free Adjunct Participials -- 4. Converbs in Japanese: The Case of nagara Clauses -- 5. The Generality of Figure-Ground Alignment: Japanese -te -- 6. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- Verb-First Constructions in German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The General V-First Construction -- 3. Yes-No Questions -- 4. Imperative Sentences -- 5. Exclamative Sentences -- 6. Optative Sentences -- 7. Hortative Sentences -- 8. V-First Constructions in Conditionals and Short Fiction -- 9. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- The Mental Manipulation of the Vertical Axis: How to go from "up" to out", or from "above" to "behind -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Image-Schematic Variation and the Vertical Axis Category -- 3. The Usage of Vertical Expressions to refer to Nonvertical Relations -- 4. Summary and Concluding Remarks -- Endnotes -- References -- A Prosodic / Pragmatic Explanation for Word Order Variation in ASL with Typological Implications. ; 1. Information Packaging Perspective -- 2. Interaction of Information Flow, Prosody, and Word Order -- 3. How ASL Differs from English and Catalan -- 4. Typological Implications -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- References -- Part II: Grammatical Morphemes versus Lexical Units -- Japanese ni: The Particulars of a somewhat Contradictory Particle -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous Analyses of Ni -- 3. The Grammaticalization of Ni -- 4. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- Observations on Wanka Quechua Conjecture Marking and Subjectification -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. -Chr(a)'s Range of Meanings -- 4. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Endnotes -- References -- Implementation of the FIGURE-GROUND Distinction in Polish -- 1. The FIGURE-GROUND Scale -- 2. History of ŭ-sterm Endings and FIGURE-GROUND -- 3. Polish Npl -owie (as opposed to Npl -i/(-y) and -y/(-i)) -- 4. Polish Gsg -u (as opposed to Gsg -a) -- 5. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- Genitives and von-Dativesin German: A Case of free Variation? -- 1. Are the Genitive and the von-Prepositional Phrase really free Variants? -- 2. Syntactic Variation and Iconicity -- 3. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- Two-way Prepositions in German: Image and Constraints -- 1. Introduction: Two Approaches to Case Meaning -- 2. Two-ways Prepositions: A Radial Network -- 3. Discussion of the Network -- 4. Interpretation through Image Schemas: The CONTAINER Schema -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Grammaticalization Processes -- The Conventional Association of a Lexeme with a Metaphor: The Case of the Wolof Verb fekk-e -- 1. The Central Question and the Semantics of fekk and fekk-e -- 2 The Proposal -- 3. Different Uses of fekk and a Different Path of Semantic Extension -- 4. Conclusions -- Endnotes -- References -- Conceptual Blending: The Afrikaans Verbs doen 'do' andmaak 'make'. ; 1. Introduction -- 2. The Category which doen 'do' belongs to -- 3. The Category which maak 'make' belongs to -- 4. Concluding Remarks on the Meanings of doen 'do' and maak 'make' -- Endnotes -- References -- The Spanish Copulas SER and ESTAR -- 1. Traditional Approaches -- 2. An Alternative Analysis -- 3. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- Sources -- The English Tense-System as an Epistemic Category: The Case of Futurity -- 1. Introduction: Tense and Modality in Cognitive Grammar -- 2. The Expression of Futurity in English: A first Approximation -- 3. Empirical Analysis of the WILL-Category -- 4. Conclusions: The Compatibility of Temporal and Epistemic Assessments -- Endnotes -- References -- From Attribution/Purpose to Cause: Image Schema and Grammaticalization of Some Cause Markers in Japanese -- 1. Image-Schematic Properties in Semantic Changes -- 2. Ni-yotte: From Motion to Attribution to Cause -- 3. Tame: From Purpose to Cause -- 4. Discussion -- 5. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- Appendix -- Part IV: Degrees of Transitivity -- Reflexive Markers in Polish: Participants, Metaphors, and Constructions -- 1. Referents, Roles, and Participants: One or two? -- 2. Light Reflexive Markers and Generic Constructions -- 3. Reflexives and Perfective Aspect -- 4. Heavy Reflexive Markers and some Metaphors of the Self -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- References -- Transitivity and the Incorporation of Ground Information in Japanese Path Verbs -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The two Types of Path Verbs -- 3. Basic Semantic Representations of the two Types of Verbs -- 4. Syntactic Behavior of the two Classes of Verbs -- 5. Transitivity of the Ground Path Verbs: Where does the -o marking come from? -- 6. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- The Samoan Transitive Suffix as an Inverse Marker -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ina vs. Cia. ; 3. Basic Samoan Clauses -- 4. The ina Suffix and Changes in Grammatical Relations -- 5. The Semantics of the Agent -- 6. Word Order Reversals -- 7. Negativity -- 8. Stativity -- 9.Switch Reference -- 10. Summary and Conclusion -- 11. Ina: The Product of Phonological Inversion -- Endnotes -- References -- The Transitive-Ergative Interplay and the Conception of the World: A Case Study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lexical and Constructional Variation in Modern English -- 3. Ergativization of abort in Early Modern English -- 4. Transitivization of abort in Modern English -- 5. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- The Relationships between Verbs and Constructions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Constructional Semantics -- 3. Relating Verb and Construction -- 4. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- German Impersonal Passives -- 1. Literature Review -- 2. Setting-Subject Construction -- 3. Impersonal Passive Constructions -- 4. Transitivity and Volitionality -- 5. Commands -- 6. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- An Account of Implicit Complement Control in English and German -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Implicit Control -- 3. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References -- Predicate Adjuncts and Subjectification -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Resultative constructions with action verbs -- 2. Predicate Adjunct Constructions with Assessment Verbs -- 3. Metonymic Mapping of CAUSE Element -- 4. BECOME Subjectified -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Index -- The series Current Issues in Linguistic Theory.
• Sommario/riassunto: The basic tenet of cognitive linguistics is that every linguistic expression is a construal relation. The first section of this volume focuses on issues of such construal and presentation of information, including figure-ground relations, image-schematic structures, and the role of syntactic constructions in information structure.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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lexical and syntactical constructions and the construction of meaning
• ISBN: 1-283-04711-X; 9786613047113; 90-272-8559-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818433103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 150.