Incipient Productivity

1 - 1. Introduction [Seite 11]
1.1 - 1.1 The issue [Seite 11]
1.2 - 1.2 Aims and scope [Seite 11]
1.3 - 1.3 Structure of the book [Seite 13]
2 - 2. Towards a usage-based model of constructional generalisation [Seite 15]
2.1 - 2.1 Introduction [Seite 15]
2.2 - 2.2 Incipient productivity: From collocations to constructional schemas [Seite 15]
2.3 - 2.3 Theoretical framework [Seite 17]
2.3.1 - 2.3.1 Usage-based construction grammar [Seite 18]
2.3.2 - 2.3.2 Cognitive semantics [Seite 26]
2.3.3 - 2.3.3 Models of constructional generalisation [Seite 31]
2.4 - 2.4 Previous research [Seite 35]
2.4.1 - 2.4.1 Insights from research on construction learning [Seite 36]
2.4.2 - 2.4.2 Insights from research on constructional change [Seite 42]
2.4.3 - 2.4.3 Insights from research on constructional variation [Seite 46]
2.5 - 2.5 Chapter summary [Seite 51]
3 - 3. Testing ground: Intensity collocations [Seite 53]
3.1 - 3.1 Introduction [Seite 53]
3.2 - 3.2 Intensity and intensification [Seite 54]
3.2.1 - 3.2.1 Intensification as a linguistic function [Seite 54]
3.2.2 - 3.2.2 Intensifier variation and change [Seite 57]
3.3 - 3.3 Conceptualising intensification [Seite 62]
3.3.1 - 3.3.1 Intensification strategies in English and German [Seite 64]
3.3.2 - 3.3.2 PERCEPTION intensifiers [Seite 69]
3.4 - 3.4 Constructing intensification [Seite 72]
3.4.1 - 3.4.1 Construction A: Int + N [Seite 76]
3.4.2 - 3.4.2 Construction B: Int + Adj [Seite 77]
3.4.3 - 3.4.3 Construction C: Int + with/vor + N [Seite 85]
3.5 - 3.5 Objectives [Seite 86]
3.6 - 3.6 Chapter summary [Seite 87]
4 - 4. Lexicalisation patterns: From concepts to words [Seite 88]
4.1 - 4.1 Introduction [Seite 88]
4.2 - 4.2 Prerequisites [Seite 88]
4.2.1 - 4.2.1 The corpus-linguistic study of lexicalisation patterns [Seite 88]
4.2.2 - 4.2.2 Data [Seite 90]
4.3 - 4.3 Procedure [Seite 95]
4.3.1 - 4.3.1 Setting up the search space [Seite 95]
4.3.2 - 4.3.2 Data extraction and coding [Seite 97]
4.4 - 4.4 Results [Seite 101]
4.4.1 - 4.4.1 Overview [Seite 101]
4.4.2 - 4.4.2 Construction A [Seite 105]
4.4.3 - 4.4.3 Construction B [Seite 112]
4.4.4 - 4.4.4 Construction C [Seite 118]
4.5 - 4.5 Summary and discussion [Seite 124]
5 - 5. Fixed expressions: From words to collocations [Seite 129]
5.1 - 5.1 Introduction [Seite 129]
5.2 - 5.2 Prerequisites [Seite 130]
5.2.1 - 5.2.1 Formulaicity and creativity [Seite 130]
5.2.2 - 5.2.2 Corpus data as clues to cognitive entrenchment patterns [Seite 132]
5.3 - 5.3 Procedure [Seite 136]
5.4 - 5.4 Results [Seite 138]
5.4.1 - 5.4.1 Overview [Seite 138]
5.4.2 - 5.4.2 Construction A [Seite 138]
5.4.3 - 5.4.3 Construction B [Seite 147]
5.4.4 - 5.4.4 Construction C [Seite 158]
5.5 - 5.5 Summary and discussion [Seite 166]
6 - 6. Incipient productivity: From collocations to constructional schemas [Seite 169]
6.1 - 6.1 Introduction [Seite 169]
6.2 - 6.2 Prerequisites [Seite 172]
6.2.1 - 6.2.1 Problems of semantic classification [Seite 172]
6.2.2 - 6.2.2 Approaches to semantic classification [Seite 175]
6.2.3 - 6.2.3 Approaches to productivity [Seite 180]
6.3 - 6.3 Procedure [Seite 184]
6.3.1 - 6.3.1 Identifying item-based generalisations [Seite 185]
6.3.2 - 6.3.2 Identifying pockets of productive use [Seite 194]
6.3.3 - 6.3.3 Identifying higher-level generalisations [Seite 198]
6.4 - 6.4 Results [Seite 199]
6.4.1 - 6.4.1 Item-based generalisations [Seite 199]
6.4.2 - 6.4.2 Incipient productivity [Seite 213]
6.4.3 - 6.4.3 Higher-order patterns [Seite 227]
6.5 - 6.5 Summary and discussion [Seite 237]
7 - 7. Conclusion [Seite 240]
8 - Appendix [Seite 244]
9 - Notes [Seite 251]
10 - References [Seite 256]
11 - Index [Seite 276]