Constructions A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure by Adele E Goldberg

Constructions A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure by Adele E Goldberg

Drawing on work in linguistics, language acquisition and computer science, this book proposes that grammatical constructions play a central role in the relation between the form and meaning of simple sentences. The author demonstrates that the syntactic patterns associated with simple sentences are imbued with meaning - that the constructions themselves carry meaning independently of the words in a sentence. Goldberg provides an account of the relation between verbs and constructions, offering ways to relate verb and constructional meaning, and to capture relations among constructions and generalizations over constructions. Prototypes, frame semantics and metaphor are shown to play crucial roles. In addition, Goldberg presents specific analyses of several constructions, including the ditransitive and the resultative constructions, revealing systematic semantic generalizations. Through a comparison with other current approaches to argument structure phenomena, this book narrows the gap between generative and cognitive theories of language.

Goldberg, Adele E.: - Adele E. Goldberg is associate professor at the University of Illinois in the Department of Linguistics. In 1996, she won the Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities for her work on Constructions.

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ISBN 13	9780226300863
ISBN 10	0226300862
Titre	Constructions A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure
Auteur	Adele E Goldberg
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	The University of Chicago Press
Année de publication	1995-03-15
Nombre de pages	272
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