Grammatical constructions back to the roots (J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005)
Based mostly on papers presented at the First International Conference on Construction Grammar, 2001
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Grammatical Constructions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; I. Syntactic patterning; Definite null objects in (spoken) French; From relativization to clause-linkage; Argument structure constructions and the argument-adjunct distinction; II. Syntax and semantics of verbs; The role of verb meaning in locative alternations; Verbal polysemy and Frame Semantics in Construction Grammar; A constructional approach to mimetic verbs; III. Language variation and change; Integration, grammaticization, and constructional meaning; Constructions and variability
This volume brings into focus the conceptual roots of the notion 'grammatical construction' as the theoretical entity that constitutes the backbone of Construction Grammar, a unique grammatical model in which grammatical constructions have the status of elementary building blocks of human language. By exploring the analytic potential and applicability of this notion, the contributions illustrate some of the fundamental concerns of constructional research. These include issues of sentence structure in a model that rejects the autonomy of syntax; the contribution of Frame Semantics in establishi