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Title: CONTRASTIVE STUDIES IN CONSTRUCTION GRAMMAR
By: Hans C. Boas (Editor)
Format: Hardback

List price: £76.00


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ISBN 10: 9027204322
ISBN 13: 9789027204325
Publisher: JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO
Pub. date: 11 November, 2010
Series: Constructional Approaches to Language 10
Pages: 244
Description: Features the papers that provide a contrastive application of Construction Grammar. This title shows that constructions are viable descriptive and analytical tools for cross-linguistic comparisons that make it possible to capture both language-specific (idiosyncratic) properties as well as cross-linguistic generalizations.
Synopsis: The papers in this volume provide a contrastive application of Construction Grammar. By referencing a well-described constructional phenomenon in English, each paper provides a solid foundation for describing and analyzing its constructional counterpart in another language. This approach shows that the semantic description (including discourse-pragmatic and functional factors) of an English construction can be regarded as a first step towards a "tertium comparationis" that can be employed for comparing and contrasting the formal properties of constructional counterparts in other languages. Thus, the meaning pole of constructions should be regarded as the primary basis for comparisons of constructions across languages - the form pole is only secondary. This volume shows that constructions are viable descriptive and analytical tools for cross-linguistic comparisons that make it possible to capture both language-specific (idiosyncratic) properties as well as cross-linguistic generalizations.
Publication: Netherlands
Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co
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