<span>The last few years have seen a steadily increasing interest in constructional approaches to language contact. This volume builds on previous constructionist work, in particular Diasystematic Construction Grammar (DCxG) and the volume </span><span>Constructions in Contact</span><span> (2018) an
Contexts and Constructions (Constructional Approaches to Language)
β Scribed by Alexander Bergs, Gabriele Diewald
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 256
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This collection of original articles focuses on the function, role, and structure of linguistic and extralinguistic βcontext(s)β in relation to the notion of βconstructionsβ and in construction grammar. It thus takes up and brings together two equally complex concepts of linguistics, which both encompass structural as well as pragmatic and discourse-oriented aspects. Although both notions β contexts as well as constructions β have been under intense discussion in linguistics during the last decades with a wide span of research interests, integrative studies of these aspects have been largely missing. The eight papers presented in this volume explore the possibilities and risks of integrating context(s) into particular constructions and construction grammar in general. Topics range from particular language and construction-specific problems such as the "polysemy" of modal verbs in relation to context-sensitive constructions, to general technical analyses and proposals, including proposals for formalizing contextual features in constructional representations.The volume will be of interest to scholars and advanced undergraduates interested in linguistic theory in general and in constructional, pragmatic and discourse-analytic approaches in particular.
β¦ Table of Contents
Table of contents......Page 6
Contexts and constructions......Page 8
part 1. Context in construction grammar......Page 22
On de-limiting context*......Page 24
Constructions and context......Page 50
Representing contextual factors in language change......Page 70
part 2. Interactional approaches......Page 102
Grammatical constructions in dialogue......Page 104
Interactional Construction Grammar......Page 118
part 3. Context and grammar......Page 150
Contextual cues for particle placement......Page 152
Conditionals and mental space set-up......Page 200
Semantics and pragmatics in construction grammar......Page 220
Index of constructions......Page 250
Subject index......Page 252
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