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 146
... obtains . If beautiful , dangerous , slip- pery are selected , homomorphism does not obtain according to Wechsler . Although such a claim should be demonstrated in more detail , let us suppose it is correct . In any case , beautiful ...
... obtains . If beautiful , dangerous , slip- pery are selected , homomorphism does not obtain according to Wechsler . Although such a claim should be demonstrated in more detail , let us suppose it is correct . In any case , beautiful ...
Page 248
... obtains between the forcible slamming event and the change event of one's going into the other room . ( 259 ) cannot be taken as an instantiation of the noncausal ( or mildly causal ) Force Change Schema because the change phrase is not ...
... obtains between the forcible slamming event and the change event of one's going into the other room . ( 259 ) cannot be taken as an instantiation of the noncausal ( or mildly causal ) Force Change Schema because the change phrase is not ...
Page 343
... obtains ( as in The car screeched to a halt ) , or the change component determines the event component and final integration obtains ( as in The module clicked into place , where the module's clicking occurred at the end of the event of ...
... obtains ( as in The car screeched to a halt ) , or the change component determines the event component and final integration obtains ( as in The module clicked into place , where the module's clicking occurred at the end of the event of ...
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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