A Constructional Approach to Resultatives (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781575864082)

Providing a unified solution within the frameworks of Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics, Hans Boas develops an account of resultative constructions in English by grouping them in two classes: conventionalized and non-conventionalized. The usage-based model used here proposes that each particular sense of a verb constitutes a conventionalized mini-construction, which is crucial information for the licensing of arguments. In contrast, verbs in non-conventionalized resultative constructions can acquire a novel meaning and thereby a new syntactic frame. English and German resultatives are compared to illustrate the distinct lexical polysemy networks of English and German verbs.

Author: Hans C. Boas
ISBN-10: 1575864088
ISBN-13: 9781575864082
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Informat
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2003
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.04w x 0.86d