Complementation cognitive and functional perspectives (J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2000)
Proceedings from the 5th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, held in July 1997 at Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Complementation in Japanese and Korean : a contrastive and cognitive linguistic approach / Kaoru Horie -- De dicto complementation in Japanese / Satoko Suzuki -- Variation in complementation constructions : long-distance agreement in Tsez / Maria Polinsky -- Construal and complementation in French : the perspective dimension / Michel Achard -- Nominalization as complementation in Bella Coola and Lushootseed / David Beck -- Cognitive constraints on complement clause cliticization in Spanish / Nicole Delbecque -- Iconicity in English complement constructions : conceptual distance and cognitive processing levels / Marjolijn Verspoor
Complementation, i.e. predication encoded in argument slots, is well-renowned for its syntactic and semantic variability across languages. As such, it poses a tantalizing descriptive/explanatory challenge to linguists of any theoretical persuasion. Recent developments in Cognitive and Functional-typological linguistics have enabled researchers to address various unexplored research questions on complementation phenomena. The seven papers included in this volume represent the most recent endeavors to explore cognitive-functional foundations of complementation phenomena from various theoretical p