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1 online resource |
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Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; volume 180 |
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 180.
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| Contents |
Argument Realisation in Complex Predicates and Complex Events; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction. Argument realisation in complex predicates and complex events at the syntax-semantic internface; References; 1. The syntactic realisation of complex events and complex predicates in situations of Irish; 1. Introduction; 2. Situations and complex events; 3. Nexus-juncture relations and complex predications; 4. The nature of complex events in situations; 4.1 transition: e1 into e2; 4.2 sequence -- e1 before e2; 4.3 e1 simultaneous with e2 |
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4.3.1 e1 simultaneous with e2 -- no location specified4.3.2 e1 simultaneous with e2 -- temporal location specified; 4.3.3 e1 simultaneous with e2 -- spatial location specified; 4.3.4 Dative subject; 4.4 Subordination; 4.5 Complex predicates; 4.5.1 Phase; 4.5.2 Modifying subevents; 5. Discussion; References; 2. Pleonasm in particle verb constructions in German; 1. Introduction; 2. Bracket structure topology in German; 3. Verbs with separable prefixes; 3.1 The semantic contribution of the particle; 3.2 Non-compositionality of the particle-verb complex; 3.3 Combinability of particles |
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3.4 Particles in predicative adjective use4. On pleonastic directionals: Which element is redundant?; 5. Talmy: Windowing of attention in motion event frames; 5.1 Talmy's cognitive approach to frames and attention; 5.2 Applying Talmy's model to German pleonastic particle constructions; 6. Metaphorical uses of Pleonastic Particle Constructions; 7. Summary of the specifications of the Pleonastic Particle Construction; 8. Conclusion and outlook; References; 3. Serial verb constructions and event structure representations; 1. Introduction; 2. SVCs in the relevant literature |
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3. Verbal status of serial verbs4. Composition and conceptual structures of SVCs; 5. An RRG analysis of SVCs; 5.1 Role and reference grammar; 5.2. Syntactic representations of SVCs; 5.2.1 Syntactic representations of Non-SVCs; 5.3 Linking syntax and semantics in SVCs; 6. Concluding remarks; References; 4. Non-conventional arguments; 1. Introduction; 2. The nothing special hypothesis; 3. History of 'a': The once-a-coordinate hypothesis; 4. Distribution of AF vs AI; 5. Semantic bleaching of V1; 6. Event structure and V1 -- V2 cohesion; 7. A continuum to serialization?; 8. Summing up; References |
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5. Complex predicates in Lithuanian1. Introduction; 2. Framework, methodology and data; 2.1 Data; 2.2 Methodology; 2.3 Role and reference grammar; 3. Types of predicates in Lithuanian; 3.1 Simple predicates; 3.2 Complex predicates; 3.2.1 Nominal complex predicates; 3.2.2 Verbal complex predicates; 3.2.3 Serial verb constructions in Lithuanian; 4. Discussion; References; 6. Serial verb constructions in Estonian; 1. Introduction; 2. What is the serial verb construction?; 3. Overview of previous studies of similar phenomena in Finno-Ugric languages; 4. Serial verb constructions in Estonian |
| Summary |
This book offers a comprehensive investigative study of argument realisation in complex predicates and complex events at the syntax-semantic interface across a wide variety of the world's languages, ranging over languages such as German, Irish, Sicilian and Italian, Lithuanian, Estonian and other Finno-Ugric languages, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra from Australia's Western Desert region, Japanese, Tepehua (Totonacan, Mexico), Cheyenne, Mexican Spanish, Boharic Coptic, and Persian. This volume examines the syntactic variation of complex events, complex predicates and multi-verb constructions within a single clause where the clause is view as representing a single event, studying their semantics and syntax within functional, cognitive and constructional frameworks, to arrive at a better understanding of their cross linguistic behaviour and how they resonate in syntax. These constructions manifest considerable variability in cross-linguistic comparisons of complex predicate formation. 0In European languages, for example, typically one of the verbs in a verb-verb construction highlights a phase of an underspecified event while the matrix verb specifies the actual event. In contrast, serial verbs require each verb to provide a sub-event dimension within a complex event that is viewed holistically as unitary in syntax. This book contributes to an understanding of complex events, complex predicates and multi-verb constructions across languages, their syntactic constructional patterns and argument realisation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Augmentatives.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Construction grammar.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Construction grammar
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Augmentatives
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase
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Argument Linguistik
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Komplexität
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Syntax
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Semantik
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Kontrastive Linguistik
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nolan, Brian, 1952- editor.
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Diedrichsen, Elke, editor
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| LC no. |
2017002347 |
| ISBN |
9789027266125 |
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9027266123 |
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9027259453 |
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9789027259455 |
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