Mirjam Fried
List of John Benjamins publications in which Mirjam Fried is involved.
Journals
ISSN 2213-8722 | E‑ISSN 2213‑8730
Languages in Contrast
International Journal for Contrastive Linguistics
Edited by Kristel Van Goethem and Gudrun Vanderbauwhede
ISSN 1387-6759 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9897
Book series
Multimodal Communication from a Construction Grammar Perspective
Edited by Kiki Nikiforidou and Mirjam Fried
The volume is of direct interest to scholars, from senior academics to PhD students, interested in linguistically relevant phonetic and gestural information and in the relationship between multimodal communication and grammar. It contains important work in a relatively new, dynamic and exploratory… read more[Constructional Approaches to Language, 38] 2025. vi, 317 pp.
Advances in Frame Semantics
Edited by Mirjam Fried and Kiki Nikiforidou
This volume presents some of the latest research in Frame Semantics, including work in computational lexicography as developed within the FrameNet project. Using varied material from English, Italian, and Japanese, the contributions collectively expand the theoretical, conceptual, and computational… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 58] 2013. v, 209 pp.
Variation and Change: Pragmatic perspectives
Edited by Mirjam Fried, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren
The ten volumes of the Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights focus on the most salient topics in the field of pragmatics, thus dividing its wide interdisciplinary spectrum in a transparent and manageable way. While the other volumes select specific philosophical, cognitive, grammatical, cultural,… read more[Handbook of Pragmatics Highlights, 6] 2010. x, 275 pp.
Grammatical Constructions: Back to the roots
Edited by Mirjam Fried and Hans C. Boas
This volume brings into focus the conceptual roots of the notion ‘grammatical construction’ as the theoretical entity that constitutes the backbone of Construction Grammar, a unique grammatical model in which grammatical constructions have the status of elementary building blocks of human language.… read more[Constructional Approaches to Language, 4] 2005. viii, 246 pp.
Construction Grammars: Cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions
Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Mirjam Fried
The notion ‘construction’ has become indispensable in present-day linguistics and in language studies in general. This volume extends the traditional domain of Construction Grammar (CxG) in several directions, all with a cognitive basis. Addressing a number of issues (such as coercion, discourse… read more[Constructional Approaches to Language, 3] 2005. viii, 325 pp.
Construction Grammar in a Cross-Language Perspective
Edited by Mirjam Fried and Jan-Ola Östman
This volume gives an easily accessible, yet comprehensive, sophisticated, and example-rich introduction to Construction Grammar as it has been developed from the early 1980’s by Charles J. Fillmore and his associates. It also provides a succinct account of the historical and intellectual background… read more[Constructional Approaches to Language, 2] 2004. vi, 209 pp.
2025 Utterance comprehension in spontaneous speech: Phonetic reductions and lexico-grammatical context Multimodal Communication from a Construction Grammar Perspective, Nikiforidou, Kiki and Mirjam Fried (eds.), pp. 69–115 | Chapter
The nature of spontaneous speech raises questions concerning the relationship between phonetic reductions and unimpaired comprehension of an utterance. The results of a pilot experiment based on individual production and community perception in Czech spontaneous conversations suggest that there… read more
2025 Grammar and multimodality: An introduction Multimodal Communication from a Construction Grammar Perspective, Nikiforidou, Kiki and Mirjam Fried (eds.), pp. 1–24 | Chapter
2021 Discourse-referential patterns as a network of grammatical constructions Constructional Approach(es) to Discourse-Level Phenomena: Theoretical challenges and empirical advances, Enghels, Renata and María Sol Sansiñena (eds.), pp. 21–54 | Article
Grammatical organization of conversational language presents us with the challenge of incorporating recurrent contextual and discourse-relevant properties in grammatical descriptions, as part of speakers’ conventional knowledge. Using data from conversational Czech extracted from the Czech… read more
2015 Irregular morphology in regular syntactic patterns: A case of constructional re-alignment Diachronic Construction Grammar, Barðdal, Jóhanna, Elena Smirnova, Lotte Sommerer and Spike Gildea (eds.), pp. 139–172 | Article
In exploring the multi-dimensional and incremental nature of grammatical change that emerges from the recurrent interaction between a form and its environment, this study demonstrates that a systematic examination of morphological irregularity can enrich our understanding of the anatomy of… read more
2010 Grammaticalization and lexicalization effects in participial morphology: A Construction Grammar approach to language change Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization Research, Van linden, An, Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Kristin Davidse (eds.), pp. 191–224 | Article
The study explores a particular functional shift (predication > modification) associated with a special participial form in Slavic, as attested in Old Czech. The purpose of the study is a close examination of the criteria that have been proposed as common manifestations of grammaticalization, in… read more
2010 Constructions and frames as interpretive clues Framing: From grammar to application, Sambre, Paul and Maria-Cornelia Wermuth (eds.), pp. 83–102 | Article
Drawing attention to a rather neglected domain in Construction Grammar analyses, this paper examines the multi-layered nature of speakers’ linguistic knowledge and its manifestation in the emergence of new linguistic structure. In particular, I show that the emergence of certain discourse-sensitive… read more
2010 Introduction: From instances of change to explanations of change Variation and Change: Pragmatic perspectives, Fried, Mirjam, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Article
2009 Construction Grammar as a tool for diachronic analysis Constructions and Frames 1:2, pp. 261–290 | Article
Through a discourse-grounded internal reconstruction that aims at capturing the emergence of grammatical structure, the study examines the development of the subjective epistemic particle jestli ‘[in-my-opinion-] maybe’ in conversational Czech. Through internal reconstruction, the change… read more
2009 Word order Grammar, Meaning and Pragmatics, Brisard, Frank, Jan-Ola Östman and Jef Verschueren (eds.), pp. 289–300 | Article
2009 Representing contextual factors in language change: Between frames and constructions Contexts and Constructions, Bergs, Alexander and Gabriele Diewald (eds.), pp. 63–94 | Article
2007 Constructing grammatical meaning: Isomorphism and polysemy in Czech reflexivization Studies in Language 31:4, pp. 721–764 | Article
In a usage-based analysis of four syntactic reflexives in Czech, this paper examines the question of representing speakers’ knowledge of polyfunctional grammatical categories. I argue that the reflexives form a prototype-based network of partially overlapping grammatical patterns, organized by the… read more
2006 Agent back-grounding as a functional domain: Reflexivization and passivization in Czech and Russian Demoting the Agent: Passive, middle and other voice phenomena, Lyngfelt, Benjamin and Torgrim Solstad (eds.), pp. 83–109 | Article
2005 Introduction Grammatical Constructions: Back to the roots, Fried, Mirjam and Hans C. Boas (eds.), pp. 1–9 | Miscellaneous
2005 The Cognitive grounding of Constructional Grammar Construction Grammars: Cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions, Östman, Jan-Ola and Mirjam Fried (eds.), pp. 1–13 | Chapter
2004 Chapter 3. Predicate semantics and event construal in Czech case marking Construction Grammar in a Cross-Language Perspective, Fried, Mirjam and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 86–119 | Chapter
2004 Chapter 2. Construction Grammar: A thumbnail sketch Construction Grammar in a Cross-Language Perspective, Fried, Mirjam and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 10–85 | Chapter
2004 Chapter 1. Historical and intellectual background of Construction Grammar Construction Grammar in a Cross-Language Perspective, Fried, Mirjam and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–9 | Chapter
2003 Word order Handbook of Pragmatics: 2002 Installment, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman, Jan Blommaert † and Chris Bulcaen (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article
1999 From Interest to Ownership: a Constructional View of External Possessors External Possession, Payne, Doris L. and Immanuel Barshi (eds.), pp. 473–504 | Article