German Change and Theft Verbs: Chapter 6. A contrastive perspective

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Chapter 6
A contrastive perspective

Published online: 24 November 2020

Article outline

6.1Background and outline of the contrastive change verb analysis
- 6.1.1Previous contrastive research on verb meaning
- 6.1.2Previous contrastive research on verb valency and constructions
- 6.1.3Overview of contrastive Change verb analyses
6.2Change verbs in German and English
- 6.2.1Meanings of German Change verbs
- 6.2.2Valency constructions of German Change verbs
- 6.2.3Comparing German and English Change valency constructions
- 6.2.4Valency behavior of German Change verbs
  - Ändern
  - Abändern
  - Verändern
  - Verwandeln
  - Wandeln
  - Summary and comparison of German Change verbs’ valency behavior
- 6.2.5Grammatically relevant meaning components of Change verbs in German and English
- 6.2.6Conclusion of Contrastive change verb analysis
6.3Theft verbs in German and English: Verb descriptivity in contrastive analysis
- 6.3.1Introduction and review of contrastive research on Theft verbs
- 6.3.2Theft verb meanings in German and English
  - 6.3.2.1Meanings of German Theft verbs
  - 6.3.2.2Theft verbs vs. Change verbs: A comparison of cross-linguistic semantic similarity
- 6.3.3Comparing the contrastive analyses of Theft and Change valency constructions
  - 6.3.3.1German Theft VCs vs. German Change VCs
  - 6.3.3.2Are Theft VCs more diverse across languages than Change VCs?
6.4Summary and conclusion
Notes