Lexical classes and constructions: an analysis of the constructional realization of entity specific change-of-state English verbs
Lexical classes and constructions: an analysis of the constructional realization of entity specific change-of-state English verbs
Author(s): Francisco Ruiz De Mendoza Ibáñez, Andrea RoscaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: entity-specific change-of-state verbs; Lexical Constructional Model; intransitive-resultative construction; internal and external constraints; metaphoric amalgams
Summary/Abstract: This study analyzes a so far neglected part of the constructional behavior of Levin’s (1993) entity-specific change-of-state verbs. More specifically, we discuss the integration of verbs from this lexical class into the intransitive-resultative construction. We base our analysis on the Lexical Constructional Modelor LCM (Ruiz de Mendoza and Mairal 2008, 2011; Mairal and Ruiz de Mendoza 2009; Ruiz de Mendoza 2013). It will be shown that the internal and external constraints postulated by the LCM constitute useful explanatory and analytical tools for the fusion processes between these verbs and the intransitive-resultative construction. We also propose a classification of these verbs on the basis of their conceptual similarity and change schemas they encode.
Journal: ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)
- Issue Year: 1/2013
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 19-39
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English