Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew
1st Edition
Published on 30. October 2012
XVII, 254 pages
978-90-272-7331-4 (ISBN)
Description
Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew offers an innovative perspective on sentential syntax, in which sentence patterns are introduced as constructions within the general framework of Construction Grammar. Drawing on naturally occurring data collected from the Internet, the study challenges the prevailing view of predication as the sole mechanism of sentence formation, and introduces the idea of patterning as a complementary, sometimes even alternative mechanism. Major sentence patterns of English and Hebrew are systematically presented, targeting both their form and their function. A contrastive analysis of the sentence patterns in these two languages results in postulating a typological group, in which cognitive motivations are shown to account for both similarities and differences within the typology.
Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew will appeal to scholars of constructional approaches, cognitive linguistics, typology, syntax, as well as anyone interested in English and Hebrew.
Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew will appeal to scholars of constructional approaches, cognitive linguistics, typology, syntax, as well as anyone interested in English and Hebrew.
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Content
- Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Dedication page
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Preliminary discussion
- 1.2 In search of an elegant architecture
- 1.3 Argument structure constructions cannot encode linearization
- 1.4 A top-down approach to construction analysis
- 1.5 Sentence patterns
- 1.6 Argument structure mapped onto sentence patterns
- 1.7 Categorial affiliation and sentential functional roles
- 1.8 Unmarked and marked sentence patterns
- 1.9 Major and minor S-patterns
- 1.10 The structure of this book
- 1.11 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 1
- Chapter 2. Subject initial sentence patterns
- 2.1 Preliminary discussion
- 2.2 Subject initial S-patterns in English
- 2.3 The verbal S-pattern in English
- 2.4 The copular S-patterns in English
- 2.4.1 The form and function of copular S-patterns in English
- 2.4.2 Copular verbs
- 2.4.3 Generalizations over the three COP S-patterns
- 2.4.4 Predication and patterning in the COP sentence
- 2.4.5 The borderline between copular and lexical verbs
- 2.4.6 Form and function of the unified COP S-Pattern
- 2.5 Subject-initial S-patterns in Hebrew
- 2.6 The verbal S-pattern in Hebrew
- 2.7 The copular S-patterns in Hebrew
- 2.8 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 2
- Chapter 3. Predicate initial sentence patterns
- 3.1 Justifying predicate initial S-patterns
- 3.2 Predicate-initial S-patterns in English
- 3.2.1 The existential S-pattern in English
- 3.2.2 The evaluative S-pattern in English
- 3.2.3 The environmental S-pattern in English
- 3.3 Predicate-initial S-patterns in Hebrew
- 3.3.1 The existential S-pattern in Hebrew
- 3.3.2 The existential S-pattern in Hebrew - continued
- 3.3.3 The evaluative S-pattern in Hebrew
- 3.3.4 The environmental S-pattern in Hebrew
- 3.4 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 3
- Chapter 4. A field of sentence patterns
- 4.1 Fields
- 4.2 The field of S-pattern networks in English and Hebrew
- 4.3 Granularity
- 4.4 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 4
- Chapter 5. The conceptual category of existence
- 5.1 Preliminary discussion
- 5.2 Conceptual category
- 5.3 Core and periphery of the conceptual category of existence in English
- 5.3.1 The core of the conceptual category of existence in English
- 5.3.2 The first ring of the conceptual category of existence in English
- 5.3.3 The second ring of the conceptual category of existence in English
- 5.3.4 The third ring of the conceptual category of existence in English
- 5.4 Core and periphery of the conceptual category of existence in Hebrew
- 5.4.1 The core of the conceptual category of existence in Hebrew
- 5.4.2 Stylistic inversion of S1 versus genuine P1 order
- 5.4.3 The first ring of the conceptual category of existence in Hebrew
- 5.4.4 The second ring of the conceptual category of existence in Hebrew
- 5.4.5 The third ring of the conceptual category of existence in Hebrew
- 5.5 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 5
- Chapter 6. The conceptual category of evaluation
- 6.1 Preliminary discussion
- 6.2 Core and periphery of the conceptual category of evaluation in English
- 6.2.1 The core of the conceptual category of evaluation in English
- 6.2.2 The first ring of the conceptual category of evaluation in English
- 6.2.3 The second ring of the conceptual category of evaluation in English
- 6.3 Core and periphery of the conceptual category of evaluation in Hebrew
- 6.3.1 The core of the conceptual category of evaluation in Hebrew
- 6.3.2 The first ring of the conceptual category of evaluation in Hebrew
- 6.3.3 The second ring of the conceptual category of evaluation in Hebrew
- 6.4 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 6
- Chapter 7. The conceptual category of environmental conditions
- 7.1 Preliminary discussion
- 7.2 The core of the conceptual category of environmental conditions
- 7.3 The first ring of the conceptual category of environmental conditions
- 7.4 The second ring of the conceptual category of environmental conditions
- 7.5 The third ring of the conceptual category of environmental conditions
- 7.6 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 7
- Chapter 8. Situation types and information structure
- 8.1 The non-arbitrary nature of the S1 and P1 word orders
- 8.2 Information structure within and across sentence patterns
- 8.3 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 8
- Chapter 9. Non-canonical expletive behavior
- 9.1 Over- and under-grammaticalization in expletive behavior
- 9.2 Expletive reduction in English
- 9.3 Expletive addition in Hebrew
- 9.4 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 9
- Chapter 10. Patterning revisited
- 10.1 Preliminary discussion
- 10.2 Patterning in the EX S-pattern
- 10.3 Patterning in the EV S-pattern
- 10.4 Patterning in a minor Hebrew S-pattern
- 10.5 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 10
- Chapter 11. Noun incorporation
- 11.1 Preliminary discussion
- 11.2 Incorporation in the EV S-pattern
- 11.3 Incorporation in the possessive EX S-pattern in Biblical Hebrew
- 11.4 Summary and conclusion of Chapter 11
- Chapter 12. Conclusion
- 12.1 Preliminary discussion
- 12.2 Sentence patterns
- 12.3 Patterning
- 12.4 Typological aspects
- 12.5 Finally
- References
- Index of constructions
- Author index
- Subject index
