The Meaning of Constructions

Konrad Szcześniak

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Szcześniak, Konrad. The Meaning of Constructions. Red. . Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski, 2014, 246 s. ISBN 978-83-8012-272-7

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składnia, leksykon, konstrukcje gramatyczne, gramatyka konstrukcji

Książka dotyczy tradycyjnego podziału na leksykon i składnię zastąpionego w ostatnich dekadach modelem kontinuum (Lexicon-syntax continuum), w którym nie ma ostrej granicy między komponentami. Opracowanie rewiduje przesłanki (takie jak rozmycie gr...

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-8012-272-7

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Uniwersytet Śląski

Rok wydania:

2014

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246

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Table of Contents1. Introduction /9
1.1. Traditional Distinction /11
1.2. Rejection /12
1.3. Meaning /15
1.4. Against Rejecting Too Soon /17
1.5. Construction Grammar /19
1.6. Dimensions of Constructions /21
1.7. Definitions of “Construction” /23
1.8. Terminological Note /26
1.9. Overview /30
2. The Lexicon‑Grammar Distinction /31
2.1. Modularity /31
2.2. Conclusions /40
2.3. Differences Between the Two Classes /42
2.4. A New Model of the Lexicon and Syntax /59
2.5. Pragmatic Strengthening /65
2.6. Persistence /67
2.7. Concluding Remarks /68
3. Oversemanticized Constructions /71
3.1. Implausible Meanings /71
3.2. Spatial Prepositions /72
3.3. Diminutive Morphology /74
3.4. The Into‑Gerund Construction /76
3.5. The Incredulity Response Construction /79
3.6. The Moral Evaluation Construction /84
3.7. Instrumental NP Construction /87
3.8. The Time Away Construction /89
3.9. Past Tense Markers in Slavic Languages /91
3.10. The Give‑Gerund CP Construction /99
3.11. Conclusion /101
4. How Constructions Are Really Constructed: Manner of Obtainment /103
4.1. Rich Meanings in Construction Grammar /103
4.2. The Anatomy of the Construction /105
4.3. Obtainment /106
4.4. Manner /107
4.5. Conflation /109
4.7. History /112
4.8. Possession and Location /113
4.9. Reference Point Relations /116
4.10. Schemas /117
4.11. Combining Schemas /123
4.12. Obtainment and Loss /123
4.13. Conceptual Integration /125
4.14. Blending Spaces in the MOC /128
4.15. The Interaction of the Schemas Within the Construction /130
4.16. Sources of MOC Blending /131
4.17. Online Understanding /132
4.18. Emergence of the Mappings /135
4.19. The “Common Sense” Misconception /138
4.20. Gapping /139
4.21. Obtainment Through Retrieval in English /145
4.22. Event Schemas in the Time Away Construction /146
4.23. Concluding Remarks /150
5. Way Too Much Meaning: The Semantics of the Way Construction /151
5.1. Introduction /151
5.2. Particulars of the X’s Way /153
5.3. The semantics of the X’s Way /156
5.4. Soft Constraints /159
5.5. The Inference of Difficulty /162
5.6. Complementary Distribution of Manner and Result /163
5.7. Blending Disparate Events /170
5.8. Motion Verbs Unattested in the Construction /175
5.9. The Path Phrase /178
5.10. Meanings of the Way Construction /183
5.11. Conclusion /184
6. Too Contentful to Be True /187
6.1. Constructional Frames /187
6.2. Transfers of Meaning /197
6.3. Universal Grinder /208
6.4. Ham Sandwich Coercions /209
6.5. Concluding Remarks /216
7. Final Remarks /217
References /221
Subject Index /235
List of Figures and Tables /239
Streszczenie /241
Résumé /243

1.1.TraditionalDistinction

Thepresentstudywillatempttoanswertheabovequestionsbyfocus-

ingmainlyononecontestedissue,namelythatofthedivisionbetween

syntaxandthelexicon.Itisagainstthebackdropofthesyntax-lexicon

continuumthatwewillconsiderthesemanticcontentandformalchar-

acteristicsofgrammaticalconstructions.Justlikeincreasedreliance

oncorpusdatahelpedrevisitgenerativeviewsonlanguage,heretoo,

previouslyunavailabledataontheuseofgrammaticalconstructionswill

beprovidedtoquestionsomeofthemorerecentcognitiveviewsonthe

semanticcapacityofclosed-classformsandthedivisionbetweenthe

modulesofthelexiconandsyntax.

1.1.TraditionalDistinction

Ithastraditionallybeenassumedthatlanguagenaturallysegregates

itsformsintotwomajorsuperclasses,onecontaininglexicalcategories

likenounsandadjectives,thatis,formswithrichlexicalmeanings,and

theotherincludinggrammaticalcategorieslikearticles,pronounsor

conjunctions,classesthatdonotsomuchhavemeaningsasfunctions

orrelationalcontent.Thebeliefinthedivisionisjustiﬁedbyalonglist

ofdistinguishingfeaturesthatsetthetwoclassesapart,whichwillbe

discussedbelow.Forexample,theverynamesthatthetwoclassesare

knownby,open-andclosed-classforms,reﬂecttheobservationthatthe

formerreadilyacceptnewmembers,whilethelatertendtoresistnew

additions.Inconsequence,open-classformsareordersofmagnitude

morenumerous,numberinginthetensorevenhundredsofthousands

ofitems,thanclosed-classformswhosenumbersdonotexceedafew

hundred.

Thedistinctionhasclassicaloriginsandfollowsstraightforwardly

fromtheintuitivesensethatthelexiconisseparatefromgrammar.This

isevidentinPanini’sdistinctionintothelexicondhātupāt

.haandgrammar

kātantra.InEurope,Aristotledividedlanguageformsintothosethatcan

havetheirownindependentmeaningandthosewhosemeaningcanonly

berealizedinconjunctionwithotherforms.Giventhissemanticdepend‑

enceonconjoining,Aristotlereferredtofunctionwordsasσύνδεσμος

(syndesmos)Hconjunctions,”bywhichheunderstoodalargecategory

includingnotonlyconjunctions,butalsopronounsandarticles(Arens,

1984,p.129).Thelexicon-grammardivideisapartitionconsideredas

somethingofanaxiomheldsincetheﬁrstancientstudiesoflanguage,

andunquestioneduntilaroundthe1980s.Thus,thedistinctionhas

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