UID:
edocfu_9959232261002883
Format:
1 online resource (346 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-55868-4
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9786612558689
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90-272-8849-6
Series Statement:
Studies in corpus linguistics ; 39
Content:
English causative constructions with cause, get, have and make are often mistakenly presented as (quasi-)synonymous and more or less interchangeable. This book demonstrates the value of corpus linguistics in identifying the syntactic, semantic, lexical and stylistic features that are distinctive for each of these constructions. It also underlines the usefulness of providing corpus studies with a solid theoretical foundation by showing how corpus linguistics can be fruitfully combined with cognitive linguistics, which is used both as a starting point for the analysis (top-down approach) and as a framework within which to interpret the corpus results (bottom-up approach). From a methodological point of view, the study illustrates the complementarity of corpus and elicitation data, and offers tools and methods that could be used to investigate other syntactic structures. Finally, the book also has a pedagogical dimension in that it examines how the research findings can be applied to foreign language teaching.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Corpus, Cognition and Causative Constructions -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corpus linguistics and theory -- 2.1 Corpus linguistics: Theory or methodology? -- 2.2 The place of theory: Bottom-up vs. top-down -- 2.3 Combining corpus linguistics and cognitive linguistics -- 2.4 Summary -- 3. English causative constructions -- 3.1 Corpus data: A semi-automatic method -- 3.2 Experimental data: Elicitation test -- 3.3 Combining corpus and experimental data -- 3.4 Summary -- 4. Causative constructions in action -- 4.1 The notion of action chain -- 4.2 The action chain of periphrastic causative constructions -- 4.3 Action chains in the corpus data -- 4.4 Action chains in the elicitation data -- 4.5 Summary -- 5. The syntax and semantics of causative constructions -- 5.1 No (more) synonymy -- 5.2 From data to database -- 5.3 Individual approach: Chi-square analysis -- 5.4 Global approach: Hierarchical feature selection -- 5.5 Syntactic and semantic features in the elicitation data -- 5.6 Summary -- 6. Defining the causative prototype -- 6.1 Prototypicality in cognitive linguistics -- 6.2 Prototypical causation -- 6.3 Linguistic validation of the models of prototypical causation -- 6.4 Cognitive validation of the models of prototypical causation -- 6.5 Explaining the discrepancies -- 6.6 Summary -- 7. Lexical co-occurrence in causative constructions -- 7.1 The co-textual approach -- 7.2 Methodology -- 7.3 Collocational profiles in the corpus data -- 7.4 Word clusters in the corpus data -- 7.5 The co-textual approach in the elicitation data -- 7.6 Summary -- 8. Collexemes in the effect slot -- 8.1 Periphrastic causative constructions: always safe?.
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8.2 Collostructional analysis and the technique of multiple distinctive collexeme analysis -- 8.3 Lemma-based vs. sense-based approach -- 8.4 Methodology -- 8.5 Results of the sense-based multiple distinctive collexeme analysis and discussion -- 8.6 The effect slot in the elicitation data -- 8.7 Summary -- 9. The influence of register on causative constructions -- 9.1 Studying variation -- 9.2 Frequency according to register -- 9.3 Semantic and syntactic features in speech vs. writing -- 9.4 Lexical features in speech vs. writing -- 9.5 Summary -- 10. Causative constructions and foreign language teaching -- 10.1 Foreign learners: Lost in causative constructions -- 10.2 Lost in pedagogical tools -- 10.3 Grammatical unit -- 10.4 Summary -- 11. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix 1. Elicitation test -- Appendix 2. Distinctive syntactic and semantic features of causative constructions -- Appendix 3. Most frequent syntactic and semantic features of causative constructions -- Author index -- Subject index -- The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-2313-0
Language:
English
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