The cognitive basis of adjectival and adverbial resultative constructions

Broccias, Cristiano

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“…Related to this point is the more general question of what criteria, if any, explain the occurrence of adverbs in place of adjectives (or vice versa) in so-called adverbial RCs. Broccias (2003Broccias ( , 2004 goes some way towards resolving this question by observing that some adverbial RCs involve subjective properties. The conceptualiser (i.e.…”

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Towards a history of English resultative constructions: the case of adjectival resultative constructions

Broccias¹

2008

English Language and Linguistics

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This contribution provides a corpus-based investigation of the history of adjectival resultative constructions (RCs), e.g. He wiped the table clean, with special reference to Old English and Middle English. The article first briefly discusses some of the parameters relevant to a synchronic analysis of RCs, namely causativity, causality and force-dynamics, as well as the distinction between adjectival and adverbial RCs (collectively referred to as ARCs since the two types cannot always be differentiated diachronically). The article then shows that the diachronic data point to an expansion of the ARC from very specific instantiations, involving a limited set of verbs and adjectives/adverbs (i.e. the washing and cutting scenarios), to progressively more general types (which, however, set up a coherent network of analogical extensions). It is observed that this evolutionary path correlates with the metaphorical interpretation of actions as forces and the emergence of ‘proper’ causative examples, i.e. examples where the verb only symbolises the causing subevent in the causal chain evoked by the RC. Further, it is argued that this investigation highlights the importance of the usage-based model in linguistic analysis.

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“…Broccias (2003, 2004) goes some way towards resolving this question by observing that some adverbial RCs involve subjective properties. The conceptualiser (i.e.…”

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Towards a history of English resultative constructions: the case of adjectival resultative constructions

Broccias¹

2008

English Language and Linguistics

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“…Note that this temporal equivalence is not objective but, rather, construed. In "objective" time, the event of promising is antecedent to that of resigning (as well as the cause for the latter) but the two are construed as simultaneous within the temporal frame evoked by the headline (on the compressing function of headlines see also Broccias, 2004). To put it differently, the headline functions as a blend in the sense of Fauconnier and Turner (2002), i.e.…”

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“…100%, is not included in the bottom row. Broccias (2004Broccias ( , 2005 for more asymmetry examples.…”

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The construal of simultaneity in English with special reference to as-clauses

Broccias

2006

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This paper investigates how simultaneity between two events, a main clause event and a subordinate clause event, is coded in English. It focuses on as-clauses but also contrasts them with while-clauses. It argues that as-clauses evoke path events, i.e. events susceptible to change. It also points out that as-clauses define a family resemblance network in that different, though related, variants can be recognised. While-clauses are argued to generally evoke larger and more stable temporal configurations, e.g. properties. The different behaviour of as-clauses and while-clauses is related to the different lexical status of as vs. while. The former is analysed as a subordinator unspecified for temporality whereas the latter is regarded as a temporal subordinator by default. Finally, the use of progressive aspect is discussed. It is argued to function as a "slow motion" marker in as-clauses and/or to signal a contrast between the temporal expanses of the main and as-clauses. By contrast, it takes on a transience-highlighting function in while-clauses.

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“…Also, BT was employed in the analysis of resultative constructions (as a complement to the billiard–ball model, see Broccias 2004), persuasive discourse (Coulson and Pascual 2006), philosophical texts (Slingerland 2005), and poems (Quindos 2005), etc. Brandt and Brandt (2005) propose a cognitive‐semiotic approach to metaphor, making the first attempt at giving a semiotic account of metaphor, by integrating central ideas from both CMT and BT.…”

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Cognitive Approaches to Lexical Semantics

Shu

2009

Language and Linguist. Compass

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This article reviews the achievements and recent research programs in the field of cognitive lexical semantics, which has become a full‐fledged field since the early 1980s, when important research findings in cognitive psychology concerning the internal structure of categories (prototype structure and family resemblance structure) were adopted to analyze lexical categories (Taylor et al. 2003). Cognitive linguists have since changed their conceptions about the nature of word meanings, and the interplay between words and their contexts. The traditional dividing lines between lexicon and grammar, and linguistic knowledge and encyclopedic knowledge have been largely blurred, and meaning is seen as a manifestation of conceptual structure, which is embodied and entrenched in the schematic network of structures and is extended on the basis of language usage events.

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The cognitive basis of adjectival and adverbial resultative constructions

Cited by 18 publications

References 2 publications

Towards a history of English resultative constructions: the case of adjectival resultative constructions

Towards a history of English resultative constructions: the case of adjectival resultative constructions

The construal of simultaneity in English with special reference to as-clauses

Cognitive Approaches to Lexical Semantics

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