Beyond Alternations
Distributed for Center for the Study of Language and Information
149 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2001
Beyond Alternations provides a unified account of the semantic effects of the German applicative ("be-") construction. Using natural data from a variety
of corpora, the authors propose that this pattern is inherently meaningful and that its meaning provides the basis for creative extensions.
of corpora, the authors propose that this pattern is inherently meaningful and that its meaning provides the basis for creative extensions.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. An Alternation-Based Account
3. The Constructional Approach
4. The Linking Constructions in Combination
5. The Semantics of the Applicative Pattern
Conclusion
Appendix: Verb Classes
— 1. The Coverage Scenario
— 2. Metaphorical Extensions
— 3. Inference-based Extensions
— 4. Surrounding and Containment
— 5. Removal
— 6. Proximity
— 7. Pseudo-Applicative Participles
— 8. Verbs and Participles that Could not be Assigned to any Class
References
Index
2. An Alternation-Based Account
3. The Constructional Approach
4. The Linking Constructions in Combination
5. The Semantics of the Applicative Pattern
Conclusion
Appendix: Verb Classes
— 1. The Coverage Scenario
— 2. Metaphorical Extensions
— 3. Inference-based Extensions
— 4. Surrounding and Containment
— 5. Removal
— 6. Proximity
— 7. Pseudo-Applicative Participles
— 8. Verbs and Participles that Could not be Assigned to any Class
References
Index
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