A constructional approach to resultatives

Author(s)

• Boas, Hans Christian

Bibliographic Information

A constructional approach to resultatives

Hans C. Boas

（Stanford monographs in linguistics）

CSLI Publications, c2003

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-390) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 employed 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.

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Details

• NCID: BA63189583
• ISBN:
  • 157586407X
  • 1575864088
• LCCN: 2003010621
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Stanford, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 400 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P293.4
  • DC21 : 425
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Resultative constructions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA43174812