Grammaticalization of postpositions in German

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Editors' foreword vii
4. Acknowledgments viv
5. In search of conceptual structure xiii
6. Section 1: Motivation in lexico-grammar
7. Extreme subjectification 3
8. Meaning and context 27
9. Lexical rules vs. constructions 49
10. Schemas and lexical blends 69
11. Valency and diathesis 99
12. To get or to be? Use and acquisition of get- versus be- passives 123
13. Section 2: Motivation in the lexicon
14. Space and time in Polish 153
15. Functions of the preposition kuom in Dholuo 179
16. Grammaticalization of postpositions in German 203
17. Metonymy in cognitive linguistics 223
18. Section 3: Motivation in socio-cultural conceptualizations
19. How language is conceptualized and metaphorized in Japanese 259
20. The ever-stifling essentialism 273
21. Motion metaphorized in the economic domain 297
22. Section 4: Motivation in applied linguistics
23. English in the world and English in the school 321
24. Attitudes towards Luganda, Kiswahili, English, and mother tongue as media of instruction in Uganda 347
25. Style labels in monolingual English learner’s dictionaries 367
26. Name Index 391
27. Subject Index 397