A Constructional Approach to Resultatives |
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| Author:
| Boas, Hans C. |
| Series title: | Stanford Monographs in Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57586-407-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $124.95 |
Book Description:
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Providing a unified solution within the frameworks of Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, Hans Boas develops an account of resultative constructions in English by grouping them in two classes: conventionalized and non-conventionalized. The usage-based model used here proposes that each particular sense of a verb constitutes a conventionalized mini-construction, which is crucial information for the licensing of arguments. In contrast, verbs in non-conventionalized resultative...
More DescriptionProviding a unified solution within the frameworks of Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, Hans Boas develops an account of resultative constructions in English by grouping them in two classes: conventionalized and non-conventionalized. The usage-based model used here proposes that each particular sense of a verb constitutes a conventionalized mini-construction, which is crucial information for the licensing of arguments. In contrast, verbs in non-conventionalized resultative constructions can acquire a novel meaning and thereby a new syntactic frame. English and German resultatives are compared to illustrate the distinct lexical polysemy networks of English and German verbs.