Contexts and constructions

Contexts and constructions / edited by Alexander Bergs, Gabriele Diewald.

This collection of original articles focuses on the function, role, and structure of linguistic and extralinguistic "context(s)" in relation to the notion of "constructions" and in construction grammar. It thus takes up and brings together two equally complex concepts of linguist...

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Other Authors: Bergs, Alexander, Diewald, Gabriele
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009.
Series:Constructional approaches to language ; v. 9.
Subjects:
Pragmatics.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
pragmatics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Pragmatics
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Table of Contents:
  • On de-limiting context / Marina Terkourafi
  • Constructions and context : when a construction constructs the context / Henri-José Deulofeu & Jeanne-Marie Debaisieux
  • Representing contextual factors in language change : between frames and constructions / Mirjam Fried
  • Grammatical constructions in dialogue / Per Linell
  • Interactional construction grammar : contextual features of determination in dialectal Swedish / Camilla Wide
  • Contextual cues for particle placement : multiplicity, motivation, modeling / Bert Cappelle
  • Conditionals and mental space set-up : evidence from German word order / Ilona Vandergriff
  • Semantics and pragmatics in construction grammar : the case of modal verbs / Ronny Boogaart.

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