The English Change Network: Forcing Changes into SchemasWalter de Gruyter, 2013 M07 5 - 426 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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... hammered the metal flat 177 Figure 22 . The FCS for Sally battered Chris senseless 178 Figure 23 . The FCS for Chris wiped the crumbs Figures and tables.
... hammered the metal flat 177 Figure 22 . The FCS for Sally battered Chris senseless 178 Figure 23 . The FCS for Chris wiped the crumbs Figures and tables.
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... hammered the metal flat . b . John kicked at the wall . In ( 1a ) , the result of John's hammering the metal was the state of flatness achieved by the metal . Interestingly , ( 1a ) seems to be ob- tained from the transitive structure John ...
... hammered the metal flat . b . John kicked at the wall . In ( 1a ) , the result of John's hammering the metal was the state of flatness achieved by the metal . Interestingly , ( 1a ) seems to be ob- tained from the transitive structure John ...
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... hammered the metal --- [ flat ] . The river froze --- [ solid ] . b . C. Frank sneezed --- [ the tissue off the table ] . d . John limped --- [ into the room ] . e . The truck rumbled --- [ into the driveway ] . We have already ...
... hammered the metal --- [ flat ] . The river froze --- [ solid ] . b . C. Frank sneezed --- [ the tissue off the table ] . d . John limped --- [ into the room ] . e . The truck rumbled --- [ into the driveway ] . We have already ...
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... hammered the metal --- * [ beautiful ] . b . The river froze --- * [ slippery ] . c . * Polly ; cooked the cookies --- [ dirty ] i 111 c ' . She¡ drank Pina Coladas well [ into her twilight years ] i c " . I¡ love you [ to distraction ] ...
... hammered the metal --- * [ beautiful ] . b . The river froze --- * [ slippery ] . c . * Polly ; cooked the cookies --- [ dirty ] i 111 c ' . She¡ drank Pina Coladas well [ into her twilight years ] i c " . I¡ love you [ to distraction ] ...
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... hammered the metal flat , see ( 1a ) . Flat is a change phrase because it refers to a state ( or prop- erty ) achieved by the metal ( i.e. the entity a in [ 7 ] ) , which is involved in a hammering event ( i.e. E in [ 7 ] ) . Similarly ...
... hammered the metal flat , see ( 1a ) . Flat is a change phrase because it refers to a state ( or prop- erty ) achieved by the metal ( i.e. the entity a in [ 7 ] ) , which is involved in a hammering event ( i.e. E in [ 7 ] ) . Similarly ...
Contents
32 Gestalt versus partwhole properties | 155 |
33 Summary | 159 |
4 Interim conclusion | 161 |
41 Transitivity | 162 |
42 Resultative adjectives | 165 |
The Force Change Schema and the Event Change Schema | 173 |
1 The Force Change Schema | 174 |
11 Subcategorised objects | 175 |
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35 Summary | 76 |
Asymmetric resultatives and the change complex | 79 |
1 Transitivity | 80 |
12 The Direct Object Restriction | 82 |
13 Some problematic data | 86 |
14 Summary | 91 |
21 Allative and ablative prepositions | 92 |
22 Prepositions in the change complex | 100 |
23 The problematic examples | 105 |
24 Summary | 107 |
When properties are not in the eye of the beholder | 109 |
33 Goldbergs 1995 Unique Path Constraint | 115 |
4 Conclusion | 117 |
Motion and idiosyncrasy | 119 |
1 The motion scenario | 120 |
11 The motion scenario is evoked by the construction | 121 |
12 The motion scenario is evoked by the verb | 124 |
13 Summary | 129 |
2 Tight links and information retrieval | 130 |
22 Linking events | 135 |
3 Lexical variation | 137 |
31 Wechslers 2001 approach | 140 |
Abovethenorm reading and tight links | 178 |
13 Mild causality and specification | 201 |
14 Goldbergs 1995 analysis | 211 |
2 The Event Change Schema | 218 |
21 Temporal coextensiveness | 219 |
22 Temporal sequencing | 227 |
23 The transitive Event Change Schema and subject orientation | 229 |
3 Conclusion | 238 |
The Event Force Change Schema and verb classes | 241 |
1 The Event Force Change Schema | 242 |
12 The noncausal variant | 247 |
2 The lack of object orientation | 252 |
21 On satisfaction and love | 253 |
22 to the point of | 260 |
23 Partwhole variants | 264 |
3 On indeterminacy and complexity | 271 |
4 Verb classes | 274 |
41 Middle verbs | 278 |
42 Verbs of manner of motion | 279 |
43 Verbs of accompaniment | 281 |
44 Emission verbs | 284 |
45 Verbs of transformation and creation | 289 |
5 Conclusion | 292 |
atconstructions | 297 |
1 The conative alternation | 298 |
12 Van der Leeks 1996 analysis | 303 |
2 The allative and ablative scenarios | 309 |
Necessary contact without translational motion | 314 |
Translational motion with necessary contact | 319 |
3 Pesetskys 1995 paradox | 323 |
4 Conclusion | 326 |
Conclusion | 329 |
2 Summary | 330 |
Notes | 351 |
References | 379 |
Sources of examples | 389 |
Index | 391 |
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above-the-norm adjectives affected entity affectedness generalisation analysis argued arrow at-construction ball billiard-ball model blend causal Caused Motion Construction change complex change component change constructions change phrase Chris coded Cognitive Grammar Cognitive Linguistics conceptual conceptualised 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 implies input instantiations integration interpretation intransitive involved John hammered kicked landmark Langacker limp Linguistics linked manipulee manner of motion Matthew Kneale meaning metaphorical metonymy motion scenario move noncausal noun part-whole path position predicated prepositional phrase Rappaport Hovav relation resultative construction resultative phrase Sally shouted semantic sentence sound emission spatial specifies struction structure subcategorised object subevents subject orientation subject referent syntactic syntax temporal dependency theme tion trajector transitive verbs unaccusative verbs unidirectional energy flow upper box variant verbal event Vialli Wechsler's