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1 online resource. |
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Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; volume 4
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Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; v. 4.
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Includes index. |
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Revised from author's dissertation "Formulaic language and adjective categories in eight centuries of the Spanish expression of 'becoming' /quedar(se)/ + ADJ", University of New Mexico, 2009. |
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Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Charts; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Rich Memory Models and Cognition in Linguistic Evolution; 1.1.1 Rich Memory Storage: The Exemplar Model and the Formation of Categories; 1.1.2 The Exemplar Model vs. the Prototype Model; 1.1.3 The Exemplar Model and Diachronic Data; 1.1.4 Analogical Extension; 1.1.5 Chunking, Analyzability, and Compositionality; 1.1.6 Grammaticalization; 1.2 Usage-Based Analysis; 1.2.1 Constructionalist Approaches to Usage-Based Linguistic Analysis. |
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1.2.2 Diachronic Construction Grammar1.3 The Construction quedar(se) + ADJ; 1.4 Productivity and quedar(se) + ADJ; 1.5 Research Overview; Chapter 2 'Becoming' in Spanish; 2.1 An Overview of 'Becoming' in Spanish; 2.2 Accounting for Expressions of 'Becoming' without Examining Usage; 2.3 Testing Criteria for Usage in Change-of-State Expressions; 2.4 Categorization of Verb + Adjective Combinations through Speaker Experience; 2.4.1 The Similarity Experiment; 2.4.2 The Acceptability Experiment; 2.5 Lexical Persistence in Verbs of 'Becoming'; 2.6 Conclusion; Chapter 3 Data and Methods. |
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3.1 Data Source: The Quedar(se) + ADJ Database (QAD)3.2 Data Extraction; 3.3 Method of Semantic Analysis and Category Formation; 3.3.1 Central Members of Gradient Adjective Categories; 3.3.2 The Category Centered on quedar(se) muerto 'To Be Left Dead' in the 1600s; 3.3.3 Opposites; 3.3.4 Prepositional Phrases in quedar(se) + ADJ; 3.4 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Overview of quedar(se) + ADJ through Time; 4.1 Overview; 4.2 Productivity and quedar(se) + ADJ; 4.3 Overview of quedar(se) + ADJ Types, Tokens, and Frequency through Time; 4.3.1 Conventionalized Instances of Constructions (CICs). |
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4.3.2 Prefabs4.3.3 The Rise of quedar and the Demise of fincar; 4.3.4 The Endurance of quedar(se) + ADJ and the Emergence of other Expressions of 'Becoming'; 4.3.5 Emergence of quedar(se) + ADJ; 4.4 Summary; Chapter 5 The solo 'Alone' Clusters: Continual Expansion with a Robust Central Member; 5.1 The solo Clusters in the 1200s; 5.2 The solo Clusters in the 1300s; 5.3 The solo Clusters in the 1400s; 5.4 The solo Clusters in the 1500s; 5.5 The solo Clusters in the 1600s; 5.6 The solo Clusters in the 1700s; 5.7 The solo Clusters in the 1800s; 5.8 Overview of Clusters Centering on solo. |
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5.8.1 Quedar(se) solo as a Prefab5.8.2 Quedar(se) solo: Frequency of the Category's Central Member; 5.8.3 Type Frequency and Productivity in the quedar(se) + solo Clusters; 5.9 Conclusion; Chapter 6 The rico / pobre 'Rich / Poor' Clusters: The Relationship of Opposites in Category Development; 6.1 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1200s; 6.2 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1300s; 6.3 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1400s; 6.4 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1500s; 6.5 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1600s; 6.6 The rico / pobre Clusters in the 1700s. |
| Summary |
In Categorization and Constructional Change Damián Vergara Wilson analyzes the relationship between semantic categorization, constructional change, and productivity in the Spanish expression of ''becoming'' quedar(se) + ADJ. Productivity of the construction varies reflecting the characteristics of emerging categories of adjectives. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Spanish language -- Figures of speech.
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Spanish language -- Figures of speech. |
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Spanish language. |
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Spanish language -- Verb.
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Spanish language -- Verb. |
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Spanish language -- Adverbs.
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Historical linguistics.
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Historical linguistics. |
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Construction grammar.
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Construction grammar. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vergara Wilson, Damián Chase. Categorization and constructional change in Spanish expressions of 'becoming'. 9789004274440 9004274448 (DLC) 2014030596 |
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9004274456 (electronic book) |
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9789004274457 (electronic book) |
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9789004274440 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004274448 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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