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Acknowledgements
1 Introduction: And gefn?s ?one to? ...
?1.1?Studying Old English Argument Structure from a Construction-Grammar Perspective
?1.2?The Lexicon Is Not Boring! Cognitive Historical Linguistics
?1.3?Objectives
?1.4?Organization
?1.5?Notes on the Text
2 Not Balanced: The Database
?2.1?Corpora and Methods of Data Collection and Analysis
?2.2?The Verb as a Diagnostic for Constructional Meaning
?2.3?Doing Cognitive Linguistics with Historical Corpora
3 Theoretical Preliminaries
?3.1?Constructions
?3.2?Valency
?3.3?Construal
?3.4?Semantic Roles
?3.5?Formalism
4 Origins, Wholes, Stimuli-and Aspect? The Genitive
?4.1?Introduction: Genitivus is gestr?nendlic
?4.2?The Old English Genitive as a Family-Resemblance Category
?4.3?Functions of Arguments and Adjuncts in the Genitive
?4.4?Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Genitive
5 Place, Time and Manner: The Instrumental
?5.1?Introduction: A Case or Not a Case Any More?
?5.2?The Old English Instrumental: Forms and History
?5.3?Distributional Analysis: Frequencies and Collexemes
?5.4?Fixed Formulae or Productive Pattern?
?5.5?Factors Influencing the Frequency of the Instrumental
?5.6?The Semantic Networks of the Instrumental
?5.7?Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Instrumental
6 Recipients and Addressees, Beneficiaries and Experiencers: The Dative
?6.1?Introduction: Dativus is forgyfendlic
?6.2?Functions of Arguments and Adjuncts in the Dative
?6.3?Functions of Datives with Nouns and Adjectives
?6.4?Formally Assigned Datives
?6.5?Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Dative
7 Patients, Targets, Direct Objects? The Accusative
?7.1?Introduction
?7.2?Functions of Arguments and Adjuncts in the Accusative
?7.3?Discussion: The Accusative in Semantic Space
?7.4?Evaluation: Semantic and Syntactic Case?
?7.5?Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Accusative
8 Affectees: Oblique Case and Impersonal Constructions
?8.1?Introduction: Impersonal Constructions Are Not Quirky!
?8.2?Old English Impersonal Clause Patterns and their Associated Event Types
?8.3?Discussion: How many Impersonal Constructions are there, and where do they Come from?
?8.4?Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Oblique Affectee Constructions
9 Agent, Topic, Subject? The Nominative
?9.1?Introduction: The Case of the Subject?
?9.2?Functions of Arguments in the Nominative
?9.3?Functions of hit and ?aet
?9.4?Synthesis: The Functions of the Old English Nominative
10 Synthesis and Theoretical Implications
?10.1?Introduction
?10.2?Construction Grammar: Case Constructions and Argument Structure Constructions
?10.3?Valency: Verbs and Argument Structures, Integration and Coercion
?10.4?The Construct-i-con: Contextual Neutralization, Constructional Synonymy and Co-extensive Categories
?10.5?Conclusion: A Construction Grammar Approach to Old English Argument Structure
Appendix to Chapter 4
Appendix to Chapter 5
Appendix to Chapter 6
Appendix to Chapter 8
References
Index
