Deconstructing Constructions
1st Edition
Published on 14. January 2009
XX, 306 pages
978-90-272-8960-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Table of contents
Contributors
vii-xiv
Introduction
Christopher S. Butler and Javier Martín Arista
xv-xx
Part I. Theoretical issues
Innovative coinage: Its place in the grammar
Daniel García Velasco
3-24
The construction of macro-events: A typological perspective
Johan Pedersen
25-62
Constructions, co-composition and merge
Beatriz Martínez Fernández
63-84
A typology of morphological constructions
Javier Martín Arista
85-114
Part II. The Lexical Constructional Model: An overview
115-198
The Lexical Constructional Model: Genesis, strengths and challenges
Christopher S. Butler
117-152
Levels of description and explanation in meaning construction
Ricardo Mairal Usón and Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
153-198
Part III. Studies of specific constructions
199-294
Measuring out reflexivity in secondary predication in English and Spanish: Evidence from cognition verbs
Francisco Gonzálvez-García
201-246
The inchoative construction: Semantic representation and unification constraints
Francisco Cortés Rodríguez
247-270
Semantic and pragmatic constraints on the English get-passive
Pilar Guerrero Medina
271-294
Name index
295-297
Language index
299
Subject index
301-306
Contributors
vii-xiv
Introduction
Christopher S. Butler and Javier Martín Arista
xv-xx
Part I. Theoretical issues
Innovative coinage: Its place in the grammar
Daniel García Velasco
3-24
The construction of macro-events: A typological perspective
Johan Pedersen
25-62
Constructions, co-composition and merge
Beatriz Martínez Fernández
63-84
A typology of morphological constructions
Javier Martín Arista
85-114
Part II. The Lexical Constructional Model: An overview
115-198
The Lexical Constructional Model: Genesis, strengths and challenges
Christopher S. Butler
117-152
Levels of description and explanation in meaning construction
Ricardo Mairal Usón and Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
153-198
Part III. Studies of specific constructions
199-294
Measuring out reflexivity in secondary predication in English and Spanish: Evidence from cognition verbs
Francisco Gonzálvez-García
201-246
The inchoative construction: Semantic representation and unification constraints
Francisco Cortés Rodríguez
247-270
Semantic and pragmatic constraints on the English get-passive
Pilar Guerrero Medina
271-294
Name index
295-297
Language index
299
Subject index
301-306
