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Title Romance Perspectives on Construction Grammar / edited by Hans C. Boas, University of Texas at Austin ; Francisco Gonzálvez García, University of Almeria.

Publication Info. Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 316 pages :) : illustrations.
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Series Constructional approaches to language, 1573-594X ; volume 15
Constructional approaches to language ; v. 15.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Romance Perspectives on Construction Grammar; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Applying constructional concepts to Romance languages; 1. Introduction; 2. Expanding Construction Grammar from English to other languages; 3. Comparing constructions in Romance languages: Diachronic issues; 4. Comparing constructions in Romance languages: Synchronic issues; 5. Overview of chapters; 6. Conclusions; References; 2. The role of constructional meanings in novel verb-noun compounds in Spanish; 1. Introduction.
2. Experiment 1: A comprehension task3. Experiment 2: A production task; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgement; References; 3. From lexicalization to constructional generalizations: On complex prepositions in French; 1. Introduction; 2. The (lexical) construction sous ('under'); 3. The Mediate Dependency Construction [= MDC]; 4. Additional restrictions: Towards substantive idioms; 5. Conclusions; References; Appendices; 4. A constructional corpus-based approach to 'weak' verbs in French; 1. Definition of 'weak' verbs and previous approaches; 2. Weak verbs in contemporary spoken French.
3. Weak verbs: Theoretical challenges and possible solutions4. Weak verbs as constructions; 5. The weak verb construction: A case of grammaticalization?; 6. Some concluding remarks; References; 5. The Narrative Infinitive Construction in French and Latin; 1. Introduction; 2. Root infinitives; 3. The properties of Narrative Infinitives; 4. How to approach Root Infinitives?; 5. Infinitival constructions; Abbreviations; References; 6. Bringing together fragments and constructions: Evidence from complementation in English and Spani; 1. Introduction; 2. Thompson's fragment analysis revisited.
3. The subjective-transitive construction in English4. Where do Spanish verbless complement constructions fit in?; 5. Closing remarks and outlook; References; 7. A Romance perspective on gapping constructions; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic data on gapping; 3. The case for a construction-based analysis of gapping; 4. Parallelism constraints on gapping; 5. A construction-based analysis in HPSG; 6. Conclusion; References; 8. Variable type framing in Spanish constructions of directed motion; 1. Introduction; 2. An overview of previous research on manner of motion verbs; 3. The theoretical framework.
4. The present study5. Conclusions and theoretical implications; References; Author index; Construction index; Language index; Subject index.
Summary Spanish constructions of telic motion with manner verbs are somewhat problematic for the Talmian typology, while also posing a challenge for constructionist frameworks anchored in English grammar. In response to Talmy (2000), Aske (1989), Morimoto (2008), and Beavers et al. (2010) among others, I demonstrate in this article that this construction type tends to be acceptable whenever the lexical meaning of the verb implies an element of directed motion. Drawing on Goldberg (2006) and Pedersen (2009, 2013), I suggest that schematicity is a typological parameter, and, more specifically, that the.
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Subject Romance languages -- Infinitival constructions.
Romance languages.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Infinitival constructions.
Romance languages -- Resultative constructions.
Romance languages -- Grammar, Generative.
Romance languages -- Grammar, Generative.
Romance languages -- Grammar, Comparative.
Romance languages -- Grammar, Comparative.
Construction grammar.
Construction grammar.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Boas, Hans Christian, 1971- editor.
Gonzálvez-García, Francisco, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Romance Perspectives on Construction Grammar. 9789027204370 9027204373 (DLC) 2014021644
ISBN 9027269637 (electronic book)
9789027269638 (electronic book)
9789027204370 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9027204373 (hardback ; alkaline paper)