Beyond Alternations

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A01=Josef Ruppenhofer
A01=Laura A. Michaelis
alternation
applicative pattern
Author_Josef Ruppenhofer
Author_Laura A. Michaelis
Category=CFG
Category=CFK
class
communication
containment
creativity
development
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extensions
german
grammar
inference
language
linguistic change
linguistics
linking constructions
manual
metaphor
nonfiction
proximity
pseudo-applicative participles
reference
removal
semantics
speech
verb classes
verbs

Product details

  • ISBN 9781575863306
  • Weight: 227g
  • Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Sep 2001
  • Publisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Beyond Alternations provides a unified account of the semantic effects of the German applicative ("be-") construction. Using natural data from a variety
of corpora, the authors propose that this pattern is inherently meaningful and that its meaning provides the basis for creative extensions.

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