UID:
almafu_9959230544202883
Format:
1 online resource (149 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
80-210-7633-X
Series Statement:
Opera Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. Facultas Philosophica, Cislo 420 =
Content:
The monograph is a contribution to the study of the interactions between semantics, pragmatics, and syntax. Based on British National Corpus and Corpus of Contemporary American English, the study offers an analysis of English causative constructions with intransitive verbs of motion (secondary agent constructions), which have been dealt with so far only partially. The monograph is an interdisciplinary work, bringing new insights into cognitive linguistics (especially in the analysis of a causation of motion) and building on insights from psycholinguistics and philosophy of language. The monograph is designed for linguists and students of linguistics.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Specific Semantico-Syntactic Status of Secondary Agent Constructions -- 3 An Overview of Approaches to SA Constructions -- 3.1 Against the Small Clause Hypothesis -- 4 Directional Phrases in SA Constructions -- 5 SA Constructions as Verb-Class-Specific Constructions -- 6 Verbal Semantics and Causal Structuration in SA Constructions -- 6.1 On the Applicability of Verbs in SA Constructions -- 6.2 Causal Structuration in SA Constructions -- 6.3 Intentionality of Action in SA Constructions -- 6.4 Verbal Qualia Structures in Relation to Causal Structuration in SA Constructions -- 6.5 Non-Coercive SA Constructions -- 6.6 Coercive SA Constructions -- 7 Internally vs. Externally Operating Energy -- 8 Further Factors Licensing SA Constructions -- 9 Semantic Roles of Causer and Causee: Further Observations -- 10 Agentivity Type in Animals -- 11 Verbal Semantics in Relation to Pragmatic Meanings of SA Constructions -- 11.1 A Note on Accompaniment Scenarios -- 12 Marginal Cases -- 12.1 Body Parts as Causees -- 12.2 On "Swimming the Baby to the Shore" -- 12.3 On "Walking the Bicycle up the Hill" -- 12.3.1 Degrees of Active Involvement of the Patient -- 13 Reflexive Constructions -- 13.1 The Total Object Inclusion as Manifested in the Meaning of the Reflexive -- 13.2 The Profiling of Intention in Relation to an Increase in the Patient's Affectedness -- 14 Summary -- 15 References.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 80-210-6373-4
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
