Butler / Martín Arista Deconstructing Constructions

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-272-8960-5
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 107, 328 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Language Companion Series

This collection of papers brings together contributions from experts in functional linguistics and in Construction Grammar approaches, with the aim of exploring the concept of construction from different angles and trying to arrive at a better understanding of what a construction is, and what roles constructions play in the frameworks which can be located within a multidimensional functional-cognitive space. At the same time, the volume has a historical dimension, for instance in plotting the developments which led to recent models. The book is organised in three sections: the first deals with particular theoretical issues, the second is devoted to the recent Lexical Constructional Model, and the third presents a number of analyses of specific constructions. The volume thus makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the relationship between functionalist and constructionist models.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Butler, Christopher S.

Martín Arista, Javier

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Theoretische Linguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of contents

Contributors

vii–xiv
Introduction
Christopher S. Butler and Javier Martín Arista

xv–xx
Part I. Theoretical issues

Innovative coinage: Its place in the grammar
Daniel García Velasco

3–24
The construction of macro-events: A typological perspective
Johan Pedersen

25–62
Constructions, co-composition and merge
Beatriz Martínez Fernández

63–84
A typology of morphological constructions
Javier Martín Arista

85–114
Part II. The Lexical Constructional Model: An overview

115–198
The Lexical Constructional Model: Genesis, strengths and challenges
Christopher S. Butler

117–152
Levels of description and explanation in meaning construction
Ricardo Mairal Usón and Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez

153–198
Part III. Studies of specific constructions

199–294
Measuring out reflexivity in secondary predication in English and Spanish: Evidence from cognition verbs
Francisco Gonzálvez-García

201–246
The inchoative construction: Semantic representation and unification constraints
Francisco Cortés Rodríguez

247–270
Semantic and pragmatic constraints on the English get-passive
Pilar Guerrero Medina

271–294
Name index

295–297
Language index

299
Subject index

301–306