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 185
... event component has been linked to a conceptual entity only , i.e. KEITH . The integration of the event component with the change component does not simply rest on relating ( through identity ) entities at the lower level ( e.g. Im ...
... event component has been linked to a conceptual entity only , i.e. KEITH . The integration of the event component with the change component does not simply rest on relating ( through identity ) entities at the lower level ( e.g. Im ...
Page 276
... component determines the event component ) , the trajector in the event component is neces- sarily a theme because the change component conceptually precedes ( i.e. determines ) the event component . More interesting are EC in ...
... component determines the event component ) , the trajector in the event component is neces- sarily a theme because the change component conceptually precedes ( i.e. determines ) the event component . More interesting are EC in ...
Page 343
... Event Change Schema results from the integration of an event component which is never construed as an asymmetric energy flow and a change component . The causal variants of the Event Change Schema are of three types : either the event ...
... Event Change Schema results from the integration of an event component which is never construed as an asymmetric energy flow and a change component . The causal variants of the Event Change Schema are of three types : either the event ...
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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