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 34
... door slid⇒ SUBEVENT2 : the door became shut does not seem to express the meaning of ( 26a ) satisfactorily . It is not the action of the door's sliding per se that causes the door to become shut . Insofar as a causal link is perceived ...
... door slid⇒ SUBEVENT2 : the door became shut does not seem to express the meaning of ( 26a ) satisfactorily . It is not the action of the door's sliding per se that causes the door to become shut . Insofar as a causal link is perceived ...
Page 162
... door . b . Sally kicked the door out of its frame . c . Sally kicked a hole in ( to ) the door . 130 The door is the subcategorised object of kick in ( 200 ) ; yet , only in the change construction ( 200b ) is the door the object of the ...
... door . b . Sally kicked the door out of its frame . c . Sally kicked a hole in ( to ) the door . 130 The door is the subcategorised object of kick in ( 200 ) ; yet , only in the change construction ( 200b ) is the door the object of the ...
Page 248
... door to the other room ) . It may convey the more general meaning that loud noises were produced . In any case , no ... door to ( 259 ) ( i.e. He slammed the door off into the other room ) , we would obtain the reading that the subject ...
... door to the other room ) . It may convey the more general meaning that loud noises were produced . In any case , no ... door to ( 259 ) ( i.e. He slammed the door off into the other room ) , we would obtain the reading that the subject ...
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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