Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument StructureDrawing on work in linguistics, language acquisition, and computer science, Adele E. Goldberg proposes that grammatical constructions play a central role in the relation between the form and meaning of simple sentences. She demonstrates that the syntactic patterns associated with simple sentences are imbued with meaning—that the constructions themselves carry meaning independently of the words in a sentence. Goldberg provides a comprehensive account of the relation between verbs and constructions, offering ways to relate verb and constructional meaning, and to capture relations among constructions and generalizations over constructions. Prototypes, frame semantics, and metaphor are shown to play crucial roles. In addition, Goldberg presents specific analyses of several constructions, including the ditransitive and the resultative constructions, revealing systematic semantic generalizations. Through a comparison with other current approaches to argument structure phenomena, this book narrows the gap between generative and cognitive theories of language. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 The Interaction between Verbs and Constructions | 24 |
3 Relations among Constructions | 67 |
4 On Linking | 101 |
5 Partial Productivity | 120 |
6 The English Ditransitive Construction | 141 |
7 The English CausedMotion Construction | 152 |
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Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure Adele E. Goldberg Limited preview - 1995 |
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agent allow argued argument roles argument structure argument structure constructions baked basic Bresnan capture causation cause caused-motion construction central sense chapter Chris claim complement complex predicate Construction Grammar direct object discussed distinct ditransitive construction ditransitive expressions encode entail example existence fact fake object Fillmore fused Gropen imply inheritance links instance intransitive motion involve Jackendoff 1990a kick Lakoff language Levin lexical items lexical rule lexical semantics linguistic manner interpretation metaphor metaphorical extension Montague Grammar morphemes motion construction motivated move object argument occur particular construction passive path patterns Paul Kay phrase Pinker polysemy postverbal NP pragmatic predicate prepositional Principle proposed Rappaport Hovav recipient relevant resultative construction Sally semantic constraints sentence small clause speakers specific struction SUBJ OBL OBJ Syn V SUBJ synonymy syntactic syntax thematic role theme argument tion transfer transitive usage-based model Valin verb classes verb meaning verb senses verb's Zaenen