The Old English case system : case and argument structure constructions
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The Old English case system : case and argument structure constructions
（Brill's studies in historical linguistics / series editor, Jóhanna Barðdal ; consulting editor, Spike Gildea, v. 12）
Brill, c2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-418) and index
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The Old English Case System. Case and Argument Structure Constructions by Kirsten Middeke is a Construction Grammar account of Old English argument structure that integrates modern cognitive corpus linguistics and traditional philological work. This is the first major study on Old English morphosyntax from a constructional perspective, based on findings from various strands of theoretical linguistics, including generative approaches, constructionist accounts, quantitative linguistics, and many more. It argues for a new take on historical comparative syntax, a field which has been dormant for quite a while but might see a new boost through the ideas presented here.
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: And gefnaes thone toth ...
1.1 Studying Old English Argument Structure from a Construction-Grammar Perspective
1.2 The Lexicon Is Not Boring! Cognitive Historical Linguistics
1.3 Objectives
1.4 Organization
1.5 Notes on the Text
2 Not Balanced: The Database
2.1 Corpora and Methods of Data Collection and Analysis
2.2 The Verb as a Diagnostic for Constructional Meaning
2.3 Doing Cognitive Linguistics with Historical Corpora
3 Theoretical Preliminaries
3.1 Constructions
3.2 Valency
3.3 Construal
3.4 Semantic Roles
3.5 Formalism
4 Origins, Wholes, Stimuli-and Aspect? The Genitive
4.1 Introduction: Genitivus is gestrynendlic
4.2 The Old English Genitive as a Family-Resemblance Category
4.3 Functions of Arguments and Adjuncts in the Genitive
4.4 Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Genitive
5 Place, Time and Manner: The Instrumental
5.1 Introduction: A Case or Not a Case Any More?
5.2 The Old English Instrumental: Forms and History
5.3 Distributional Analysis: Frequencies and Collexemes
5.4 Fixed Formulae or Productive Pattern?
5.5 Factors Influencing the Frequency of the Instrumental
5.6 The Semantic Networks of the Instrumental
5.7 Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Instrumental
6 Recipients and Addressees, Beneficiaries and Experiencers: The Dative
6.1 Introduction: Dativus is forgyfendlic
6.2 Functions of Arguments and Adjuncts in the Dative
6.3 Functions of Datives with Nouns and Adjectives
6.4 Formally Assigned Datives
6.5 Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Dative
7 Patients, Targets, Direct Objects? The Accusative
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Functions of Arguments and Adjuncts in the Accusative
7.3 Discussion: The Accusative in Semantic Space
7.4 Evaluation: Semantic and Syntactic Case?
7.5 Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Accusative
8 Affectees: Oblique Case and Impersonal Constructions
8.1 Introduction: Impersonal Constructions Are Not Quirky!
8.2 Old English Impersonal Clause Patterns and their Associated Event Types
8.3 Discussion: How many Impersonal Constructions are there, and where do they Come from?
8.4 Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Oblique Affectee Constructions
9 Agent, Topic, Subject? The Nominative
9.1 Introduction: The Case of the Subject?
9.2 Functions of Arguments in the Nominative
9.3 Functions of hit and thaet
9.4 Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Nominative
10 Synthesis and Theoretical Implications
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Construction Grammar: Case Constructions and Argument Structure Constructions
10.3 Valency: Verbs and Argument Structures, Integration and Coercion
10.4 The Construct-i-con: Contextual Neutralization, Constructional Synonymy and Co-extensive Categories
10.5 Conclusion: A Construction Grammar Approach to Old English Argument Structure
Appendix to Chapter 4
Appendix to Chapter 5
Appendix to Chapter 6
Appendix to Chapter 8
References
Index
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