
Radical Construction Grammar
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Symbols
- PART ONE: FROM SYNTACTIC CATEGORIES TO SEMANTIC MAPS
- 1. Syntactic Argumentation and Radical Construction Grammar
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Methodology and Theory in Syntax
- 1.3. Constructions and Construction Grammar
- 1.4. Distributional Analysis and Cross-linguistic Universals
- 1.5. Distributional Analysis and the Representation of Particular Language Grammars
- 1.6. Radical Construction Grammar: Frequently Asked Questions
- 1.7. Conclusion and Prospects
- 2. Parts of Speech
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. The Alleged Absence of Parts of Speech in Particular Languages
- 2.3. From Lumping to Splitting
- 2.4. Conceptual Space, Semantic Maps and a Universal Theory of Parts of Speech
- 2.5. Integrating the Language-particular and the Universal in the Representation of Grammatical Knowledge
- 3. Syntactic Categories and Semantic Relativity
- 3.1. The Relationship between Form and Meaning
- 3.2. Hidden Assumptions in Arguments for Semantic Relativity
- 3.3. The Dynamic, Fluctuating Character of Linguistic "Relativity"
- 3.4. Semantic Universals, Relativity, and Radical Construction Grammar
- 4. Clausal Syntactic Roles ("Grammatical Relations")
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Language Universals without Universal Syntactic Roles
- 4.3. Language Universals without Global Syntactic Roles
- 4.4. Some Further Complications
- 4.5. Conclusion
- PART TWO: FROM SYNTACTIC RELATIONS TO SYMBOLIC RELATIONS
- 5. Dependency, Constituency, and Linear Order
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Collocational Dependencies as Semantic Relations
- 5.3. Constituency and Linear Order
- 5.4. Overtly Coded Dependencies
- 5.5. Conclusion
- 6. A Radical Approach to Syntactic Relations
- 6.1. The Logical Argument against Syntactic Relations
- 6.2. Syntactic Relations vs. Symbolic Relations
- 6.3. Syntactic Relations vs. Syntactic Roles
- 6.4. Comprehending Constructions without Syntactic Relations
- 7. Heads, Arguments, and Adjuncts
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Criteria for Headhood
- 7.3. Deconstructing Heads
- 7.4. A Semantic Definition of "Head"
- 7.5. Grammaticalization and the PIBU Profile Equivalent
- 7.6. "Heads" and Roots in Morphology
- 7.7. The Argument-Adjunct Distinction
- PART THREE: FROM UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTIONS TO SYNTACTIC SPACE
- 8. The Voice Continuum
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Prelude: Animacy Constraints in Actives and Passives
- 8.3. The Structural Variety of Actives and Passives
- 8.4. Blurring the Active-Nonactive Distinction
- 8.5. A Typological-Universal Analysis of Voice Constructions
- 9. The Coordination-Subordination Continuum
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. A Gestalt Analysis of Coordination and Adverbial Subordination
- 9.3. E-site Elaboration and the Typology of Complements and Relative Clauses
- 9.4. The Syntactic Space of Complex Sentences: the Deranking Hierarchy
- 9.5. Conclusion
- 10. Syntactic Theory and the Theory of Language
- References
- Index of Authors
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- Index of Languages
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- Index of Constructions, Categories, and Features
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- Index of Subjects
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