Beyond Alternations

By: Laura A. Michaelis, Josef Ruppenhofer

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Paperback | 21 December 2001 | Edition Number 1

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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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Introduction
An Alternation-Based Account
The Constructional Approach
The Linking Constructions in Combination
The Semantics of the Applicative Pattern
Conclusion
Appendix: Verb Classes
The Coverage Scenario
Metaphorical Extensions
Inference-based Extensions
Surrounding and Containment
Removal
Proximity
Pseudo-Applicative Participles
Verbs and Participles that Could not be Assigned to any Class
References
Index
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