Locative alternation : a lexical-constructional approach
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Locative alternation : a lexical-constructional approach
（Constructional approaches to language, v. 6）
John Benjamins Pub., c2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-219) and indexes
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Description
The aim of the present volume is two-fold: to give a coherent account of the locative alternation in English, and to develop a constructional theory that overcomes a number of problems in earlier constructional accounts. The lexical-constructional account proposed here is characterized by two main features. On the one hand, it emphasizes the need for a detailed examination of verb meanings. On the other, it introduces lower-level constructions such as verb-class-specific constructions and verb-specific constructions, and makes full use of these lower-level constructions in accounting for alternation phenomena. Rather than being a completely new version of construction grammar, the proposed lexical-constructional account is an automatic consequence of the basic tenet of constructional approaches as being usage-based.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. Chapter 1. Introduction
- 3. Chapter 2. Two previous analyses
- 4. Chapter 3. A lexical-constructional account of the locative alternation
- 5. Chapter 4. More on the location-as-object variant
- 6. Chapter 5. Another look at putative non-alternating cases
- 7. Chapter 6. The locative alternation and verb meaning
- 8. Chapter 7. Types of verb meaning and types of alternation
- 9. Chapter 8. Further issues
- 10. Chapter 9. The locative alternation with verbs of removal
- 11. Chapter 10. Morphologically complex cases
- 12. Chapter 11. The locative alternation in Japanese
- 13. Chapter 12. Summary and conclusion
- 14. References
- 15. Notes
- 16. Index of names
- 17. Index of subjects
- 18. Index of verbs
- 19. Index of constructions
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