The English Change Network: Forcing Changes Into SchemasMouton de Gruyter, 2003 - 408 pages This book introduces the notion of change construction and systematically studies, within a Cognitive Grammar framework, the rich inventory of its instantiations in English, from well-known structures such as the so-called resultative construction to a variety of largely ignored types such as asymmetric resultatives, sublexical change constructions and mildly causal constructions. |
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Page 157
... describes the state of any arbi- trarily chosen part of the metal's surface . The qualification in brack- ets , if ... describes a property of the whole object , i.e. it cannot be used to describe any arbitrarily chosen part of the metal ...
... describes the state of any arbi- trarily chosen part of the metal's surface . The qualification in brack- ets , if ... describes a property of the whole object , i.e. it cannot be used to describe any arbitrarily chosen part of the metal ...
Page 158
... describes a property of any arbitrarily chosen part of the metal . Alternatively , we might argue that safe describes a position , not a property ( see also notes 127 and 128 ) . Beautiful , see ( 192b ) , describes a property of the ...
... describes a property of any arbitrarily chosen part of the metal . Alternatively , we might argue that safe describes a position , not a property ( see also notes 127 and 128 ) . Beautiful , see ( 192b ) , describes a property of the ...
Page 167
... describes a property of the whole object but cannot be used to describe any arbitrarily chosen part of the metal . A similar line of reasoning applies to tubular . On the other hand , smooth in John hammered the metal smooth describes a ...
... describes a property of the whole object but cannot be used to describe any arbitrarily chosen part of the metal . A similar line of reasoning applies to tubular . On the other hand , smooth in John hammered the metal smooth describes a ...
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above-the-norm affected entity affectedness generalisation analysis animacy argued at-construction ball billiard-ball model blend causal Caused Motion Construction change complex change component change construction change phrase Chris coded Cognitive Cognitive Grammar conceptual conceptualised construal constructional object construed corresponds denotes East Timor emission verbs Eurozone Event Change Schema event component Event Force Change evoked example fact Fauconnier Figure Force Change Schema frightened Goldberg hammered the metal Hence homomorphism implies input instantiations integration interpretation intransitive involved John hammered kicked kissed landmark Langacker limp linked manipulee manner of motion Matthew Kneale meaning metaphorical metonymic motion scenario move noncausal noun paraphrase part-whole path position predicated prepositional phrase Rappaport Hovav realised relation resultative constructions resultative phrase Sally shouted semantic sentence sound emission spatial specifies structions structure subcategorised object subevents subject orientation subject referent syntax temporal dependency tion trajector transitive verbs unaccusative verbs unidirectional energy flow upper box variant verbal event Vialli Wechsler's