Horizontal links within and between paradigms
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Elena Smirnova
Abstract
This paper deals with the constructional network of reported directive speech acts in German. It addresses two aspects of modality and constructions by relating directly to questions raised in the introduction to this volume: the notion of the paradigm in Construction Grammar on the one hand and the nature of the links within the constructional network model on the other. By investigating the network of syntactic constructions of reported directives in German, the paper focuses on the modelling of two types of horizonal paradigmatic links between these constructions: the links between allostructions and the links between paradigmatic choices. On the conceptual level, the paper argues that these two types of paradigmatic links constitute two different types of horizontal links in the network. On the empirical level, the study demonstrates how these horizontal links manifest themselves in the corpus data.
Abstract
This paper deals with the constructional network of reported directive speech acts in German. It addresses two aspects of modality and constructions by relating directly to questions raised in the introduction to this volume: the notion of the paradigm in Construction Grammar on the one hand and the nature of the links within the constructional network model on the other. By investigating the network of syntactic constructions of reported directives in German, the paper focuses on the modelling of two types of horizonal paradigmatic links between these constructions: the links between allostructions and the links between paradigmatic choices. On the conceptual level, the paper argues that these two types of paradigmatic links constitute two different types of horizontal links in the network. On the empirical level, the study demonstrates how these horizontal links manifest themselves in the corpus data.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Modality in Diachronic Construction Grammar 1
- Contractions, constructions and constructional change 13
- Exploring relative degrees of auxiliarization empirically in German modal constructions with wissen and verstehen 53
- Grammaticalization of verdienen into an auxiliary marker of deontic modality 81
- The diachrony of Galician certamente and seguramente 123
- Unfolding constructions 149
- Horizontal links within and between paradigms 185
- Constructionalization of Japanese koto imperatives 219
- Index 247
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Modality in Diachronic Construction Grammar 1
- Contractions, constructions and constructional change 13
- Exploring relative degrees of auxiliarization empirically in German modal constructions with wissen and verstehen 53
- Grammaticalization of verdienen into an auxiliary marker of deontic modality 81
- The diachrony of Galician certamente and seguramente 123
- Unfolding constructions 149
- Horizontal links within and between paradigms 185
- Constructionalization of Japanese koto imperatives 219
- Index 247
