Ghsoon Reda
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ghsoon Reda is involved.
Articles
2025 Evidential propositions as situational scenarios: From semantic structure to meaning construction Aspects of Metaphor, Theodoropoulou, Maria (ed.), pp. 152–181 | Article
This study examines the interpretation of evidential propositions using insights from the Lexical Constructional Model (LCM), including its recent classification of situational scenarios (cognitive models) into three sub-types: descriptive, attitudinal and regulatory. The aim is to show that… read more
2020 Echoing-contrast combination in non-ironic constructions Review of Cognitive Linguistics 18:2, pp. 458–479 | Article
The Lexical Constructional Model (LCM) describes ironic constructions as containing echoes that invoke two contrasting situations: expected and real. The reconciliation of the contrast, which happens at the implicational level, gives rise to specific meaning effects in terms of speaker’s… read more