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Deconstructing Constructions
This collection of papers brings together contributions from experts in functional linguistics and in Construction Grammar approaches, with the aim of exploring the concept of construction from different angles and trying to arrive at a better understanding of what a construction is, and what roles constructions play in the frameworks which can be located within a multidimensional functional-cognitive space. At the same time, the volume has a historical dimension, for instance in plotting the developments which led to recent models. The book is organised in three sections: the first deals with particular theoretical issues, the second is devoted to the recent Lexical Constructional Model, and the third presents a number of analyses of specific constructions. The volume thus makes an important contribution to the ongoing debate about the relationship between functionalist and constructionist models.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 107] 2009. xx, 306 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 19 December 2008
Published online on 19 December 2008
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Contributors | pp. vii–xiv
- IntroductionChristopher S. Butler and Javier Martín Arista | pp. xv–xx
- Part I. Theoretical issues
- Innovative coinage: Its place in the grammarDaniel García Velasco | pp. 3–24
- The construction of macro-events: A typological perspectiveJohan Pedersen | pp. 25–62
- Constructions, co-composition and mergeBeatriz Martínez Fernández | pp. 63–84
- A typology of morphological constructionsJavier Martín Arista | pp. 85–114
- Part II. The Lexical Constructional Model: An overview
- The Lexical Constructional Model: Genesis, strengths and challengesChristopher S. Butler | pp. 117–152
- Levels of description and explanation in meaning constructionRicardo Mairal-Usón and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez | pp. 153–198
- Measuring out reflexivity in secondary predication in English and Spanish: Evidence from cognition verbsFrancisco Gonzálvez-García | pp. 201–246
- The inchoative construction: Semantic representation and unification constraintsFrancisco J. Cortés-Rodriguez | pp. 247–270
- Semantic and pragmatic constraints on the English get-passivePilar Guerrero Medina | pp. 271–294
- Name index | pp. 295–297
- Language index | p. 299
- Subject index | pp. 301–306
“This volume makes a significant contribution to the field of cognitive-functional linguistics. The contributions explain why it is desirable to make further move towards convergence between projectionist and constructionist approaches on the topic of argument structure, and how it is possible.”
Florent Perek, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies / Université Charles de Gaulle Lille 3, on ICLA Book Reviews, 2010
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