Chapter 2. Theoretical perspectives on foundational concepts

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Chapter 2
Theoretical perspectives on foundational concepts

Published online: 1 April 2025

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2.1Introduction
2.2Mental state verbs as the common lexical point of departure
- The semantic class of mental state verbs
- Evidentiality and epistemicity as further parameters of polysemy
- Mental state verbs in the imperative
- Mental state verbs: An interim summary
2.3Constructionist approaches to meaning and discourse
- Connecting the constructional dots
- Venturing into discourse-level phenomena
- Synchronic, co-temporal variation, and change
2.4Dialogicity and perspectivisation in discourse
- Dialogicity and monologicity: From philosophy to linguistics
- The linguistic attestation of dialogicity
2.5Discourse units: Approaching discourse structure in constructional terms
- Discourse units: Expandability, projectability, action-grounding, and clausal starting points
- Discourse units cast in constructional terms
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