Lexical and Syntactical Constructions and the Construction of Meaning: Proceedings of the Bi-annual ICLA Meeting in Albuquerque, July 1995

473 Pages·1997·39.89 MB·English

by  Marjolijn Verspoor

LEXICAL AND SYNTACTICAL CONSTRUCTIONS
AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING
AMSTERDAM STUDIES IN THE THEORY AND
HISTORY OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE
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Volume 150
Marjolijn h. Verspoor, Kee dong Lee and eve Sweetser (eds.)
Lexical and Syntactical Constructions and the Construction of Meaning
LexicaL and SyntacticaL
conStructionS and the
conStruction of Meaning
ProceedingS of the Bi-annuaL icLa Meeting
in aLBuquerque, JuLy 1995
edited by
MarJoLiJn h. VerSPoor
University of Groningen
Kee dong Lee
Yonsei University
eVe SWeetSer
University of California, Berkeley
John BenJaMinS PuBLiShing coMPany
aMSterdaM/PhiLadeLPhia
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Lexical and syntactical constructions and the construction of meaning / edited by Marjolijn h. Verspoor,
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“Tis volume, the frst of three, contains a selected collection of thematically related papers presented
at the fourth bi-annual cognitive Linguistics conference held in albuquerque, new Mexico, from July 16 to
21, 1995.”
includes bibliographical references and index.
1. grammar, comparative and general--Syntax--congresses. 2. Semantics--congresses. i. Verspoor, Mar-
jolyn. ii. yi, Ki-dong, 1940- iii. Sweetser, eve. i V. international cognitive Linguistics conference (4th : 1995
: albuquerque, n.M.) V. Series.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Image Schemas and Construal Relations
Some Properties and Groupings of Image Schemas
Alan Cienki
Construal Transformations: Internal and External Viewpoints in Inter­
preting Containment
Robert B. Dewell
The Role of Figure, Ground, and Coercion in Aspectual Interpretation
Naoko Hayase
Verb-First Constructions in German
Holger Diessel
The Mental Manipulation of the Vertical Axis: How to go from "up" to
"out", or from "above" to "behind"
Lena Ekberg
A Prosodic/Pragmatic Explanation for Word Order Variation in ASL with
Typological Implications
Ronnie Wilbur
Part II: Grammatical Morphemes versus Lexical Units
Japanes ni: The Particulars of a somewhat Contradictory Particle
Kaori Kabata and Sally Rice
Observations on Wanka Quechua Conjecture Marking and Subjectification
Rick Floyd
Implementation of the FIGURE-GROUND Distinction in Polish
Laura Janda
Genitives and von-Datives in German: A Case of free Variation
Petra Campe
VI CONTENTS
Two-way Prepositions in German: Image and Constraints
Carlo Serra-Borneto \ 87
Part III: Grammaticalization Processes 205
The Conventional Association of a Lexeme with a Metaphor: The Case
of the Wolof Verb fekk-e
Kevin Ezra Moore 207
Conceptual Blending: The Afrikaans verbs doen 'do' and maak 'make'
Willem J. Botha 231
The Spanish Copulas SER and ESTAR
Nicole Delbecque 247
The English Tense-System as an Epistemic Category: The Case of Futurity
Frank Brisard 271
From Attribution/Purpose to Cause: Image Schema and Grammaticalization
of some Cause Markers in Japanese
Yo Matsumoto 287
Part IV: Degrees of Transitivity 309
Reflexive Markers in Polish: Participants, Metaphors, and Constructions
Barbara Dancygier 311
Transitivity and the Incorporation of Ground Information in Japanese
Path Verbs
Victoria Muehleisen and Mutsumi Imai 329
The Samoan Transitive Suffix as an Inverse Marker
Kenneth William Cook 347
The Transitive-Ergative Interplay and the Conception of the World:
A Case Study
Maarten Lemmens 363
The Relationships between Verbs and Constructions
Adele Goldberg 383
German Impersonal Passives
Carlee Arnett 399
CONTENTS Vii
An Account of Implicit Complement Control in English and German
Klaus- Uwe Panther 417
Predicate Adjuncts and Subjectification
Marjolijn H. Verspoor 433
Index 451

Acknowledgements
This volume, the first of three, contains a selected collection of thematically related
papers presented at the Fourth bi-annual Cognitive Linguistics Conference held in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, from July 16 to 21, 1995.
While compiling this volume we have incurred a great number of debts that
we wish to acknowledge. First of all, we are indebted to E. F. Konrad Koerner,
Editor of "Current Issues in Linguistic Theory", and Anke de Looper, at Benja­
mins, for their moral support and professional advice.
Furthermore, we would hereby once again express our great debt of gratitude
to the scholars who have generously given of their time and expertise to review
and comment upon the contributions anonymously: Michel Achard, Angeliki Atha-
nasiadou, Lawrence Barsalaou, Hans Basboll, William Botha, Joan Bybee, Gene
Casad, Alan Cienki, Kenneth Cook, Alan Cruse, Bob de Jonge, Paul Deane, Peter
Denny, René Dirven, Lena Ekberg, Michele Emanatian, Dirk Geeraerts, Adele
Goldberg, Louis Goossens, Kaoru Horie, Richard Hudson, Laura Janda, Theo
Janssen, Tania Kouteva, Barabara Lewandodowska-Tomaszczyk, Guenter Radden,
Richard Rhodes, Carlo Serra-Borneto, Soteria Svorou, Karen van Hoek, Willy van
Langendonck, Arie Verhagen, and Co Vet.
Of course, we also thank the authors, who responded with such great profes­
sionalism to the requests that we made of them, and Birgit Smieja, who formatted
the papers and designed the layout of the book.
And last but not least, we would like to express our sincere thanks to René
Dirven, whose unrelenting energy and support showed once again when he helped
with general matters relating to getting the three volumes published and with spe­
cific matters by proofreading a great number of the articles.
Spring 1997
Marjolijn Verspoor
Eve Sweetser
Kee Dong Lee