Beyond the sentence
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Kerstin Fischer
Abstract
Construction grammarians are still quite reluctant to extend their descriptions to units beyond the sentence. However, the theoretical premises of construction grammar and frame semantics are particularly suited to cover spoken interaction from a cognitive perspective. Furthermore, as construction grammar is anchored in the cognitive linguistics paradigm and as such subscribes to meaning being grounded in experience, it needs to consider interaction since grammatical structures may be grounded not only in sensory-motor, but also in social-interactive experience. The example of grounded language learning experiments demonstrates the anchoring of grammatical mood in interaction. Finally, phenomena peculiar to spoken dialogue, such as pragmatic markers, may be best accounted for as constructions, drawing on frame semantics. The two cognitive linguistic notions, frames and constructions, are therefore particularly useful to account for generalisation in spoken interaction.
Abstract
Construction grammarians are still quite reluctant to extend their descriptions to units beyond the sentence. However, the theoretical premises of construction grammar and frame semantics are particularly suited to cover spoken interaction from a cognitive perspective. Furthermore, as construction grammar is anchored in the cognitive linguistics paradigm and as such subscribes to meaning being grounded in experience, it needs to consider interaction since grammatical structures may be grounded not only in sensory-motor, but also in social-interactive experience. The example of grounded language learning experiments demonstrates the anchoring of grammatical mood in interaction. Finally, phenomena peculiar to spoken dialogue, such as pragmatic markers, may be best accounted for as constructions, drawing on frame semantics. The two cognitive linguistic notions, frames and constructions, are therefore particularly useful to account for generalisation in spoken interaction.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Advances in Frame Semantics 1
- Verbs of visual perception in Italian FrameNet 13
- Semantic annotation of Italian legal texts 51
- Frames and the experiential basis of the Moving Time metaphor 85
- FrameNet as a resource for paraphrase research 109
- A frame-based approach to connectives 133
- Interactional frames and grammatical descriptions 159
- Beyond the sentence 183
- Index 207
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Advances in Frame Semantics 1
- Verbs of visual perception in Italian FrameNet 13
- Semantic annotation of Italian legal texts 51
- Frames and the experiential basis of the Moving Time metaphor 85
- FrameNet as a resource for paraphrase research 109
- A frame-based approach to connectives 133
- Interactional frames and grammatical descriptions 159
- Beyond the sentence 183
- Index 207
