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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1.1 The Concept of Constructions
1.2 A Brief Introduction to Construction Grammar 6 1.3 An Alternative Account: Lexicosemantic Rules 7 1.4 Advantages of the Construction Account 9
1.5 Traditional Motivations for Lexical Rules 21
The Interaction between Verbs and Constructions 2.1 Frame semantics 25
2.2 The Nature of Verb Meaning 27
2.3 The Nature of Constructional Meaning 31
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4.1 Transformational Approaches of Argument Structure 4.2 Generalizations across Constructions 108
4.3 Conclusion 11 9
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2.4 The Integration of Verb and Construction
2.5 Possible Relations between Verbs and Constructions 2.6 Conclusion 66
Relations among Constructions
3.1 Relevant Psychological Principles of Language Organization 3.2 Motivation 69
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3.3 Representing Motivation by Inheritance
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3.4 Relating Particular Constructions
3.5 Multiple Inheritance 97
3.6 Inheritance within Constructions
3.7 Conclusion 99
On linking
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Partial Productivity
5.1 Introduction 120
5.2 Indirect Negative Evidence 122
5.3 Circumscribing Verb Classes 125
5.4 Exceptions J29
5.5 Accounting for the Exceptions: A Usage-based Account 5.6 Conclusion 139
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6 The English Ditransitive Construction 141 6.1 Introduction 141
6.2 The Existence of the Construction 141
6.3 The Semantics 1426.4 Conclusion 151
7 The English Caused-Motion Construction 152 7.1 Introduction 152
7.2 The Existence of the Construction 153
7.3 The Various Interpretations 161
7.4 Semantic Constraints 164
7.5 The Load/Spray Alternation 175 7.6 Conclusion 179
8 The English Resultative Construction
8.1 Introduction 180
8.2 The Status of the Postverbal NP 182
8.3 Middle Formation 183
8.4 Other Accounts 185
8.5 The Existence of a Resultative Construction 188
8.6 Constraints on the Resultative Construction 193
8.7 Conclusion 198
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9 The WayConstruction
9.1 Introduction 199
9.2 The Existence of the Construction 199 9.3 The Semantics of the Way Construction 9.4 Semantic Constraints 212
9.5 The Lexical Complex Predicate Approach 9.6 Relation to Resultatives 215
9.7 Conclusion 21710 Conclusion
10.1 Other Constructional Approaches 219 10.2 Summary 224
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Notes 229 Bibliography 243 Index 261
