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Corpus data in usage-based linguistics
Abstract
The use of corpus data in cognitive linguistics brings with it a host of methodological problems. One concerns the degree of granularity that provides the most insightful results. The present study investigates two granularity issues – different inflectional forms and (register-)based corpus parts. First, I compare the results of a lemma-based corpus analysis of an English argument structure construction to an inflectional-form-based corpus analysis to determine whether the two approaches result in different suggestions concerning the semantics of the construction at issue. Second, I outline how to determine whether data from different corpus parts/registers result in different semantic generalizations of the same construction and how relevant corpus distinctions can be determined in an objective bottom-up manner.
Abstract
The use of corpus data in cognitive linguistics brings with it a host of methodological problems. One concerns the degree of granularity that provides the most insightful results. The present study investigates two granularity issues – different inflectional forms and (register-)based corpus parts. First, I compare the results of a lemma-based corpus analysis of an English argument structure construction to an inflectional-form-based corpus analysis to determine whether the two approaches result in different suggestions concerning the semantics of the construction at issue. Second, I outline how to determine whether data from different corpus parts/registers result in different semantic generalizations of the same construction and how relevant corpus distinctions can be determined in an objective bottom-up manner.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Editors and contributors vii
- Introduction 1
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Part 1. Setting the scene
- Convergence in cognitive linguistics 9
- An overview of cognitive linguistics 17
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Part 2. Consolidating the paradigm
- Pattern versus process concepts of grammar and mind 47
- Metaphor in language and thought 67
- Emotion and desire in independent complement clauses 87
- Schematic meaning of the Croatian verbal prefix iz- 115
- The conceptual motivation of bahuvrihi compounds in English and Spanish 151
- On the subject of impersonals 179
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Part 3. Expanding the paradigm
- Do people infer the entailments of conceptual metaphors during verbal metaphor understanding? 221
- Corpus data in usage-based linguistics 237
- Cognitive linguistics meets the corpus 257
- Oops blush! 291
- Conceptual construal and social construction 305
- The biblical story retold 325
- Name index 355
- Subject index 359
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Editors and contributors vii
- Introduction 1
-
Part 1. Setting the scene
- Convergence in cognitive linguistics 9
- An overview of cognitive linguistics 17
-
Part 2. Consolidating the paradigm
- Pattern versus process concepts of grammar and mind 47
- Metaphor in language and thought 67
- Emotion and desire in independent complement clauses 87
- Schematic meaning of the Croatian verbal prefix iz- 115
- The conceptual motivation of bahuvrihi compounds in English and Spanish 151
- On the subject of impersonals 179
-
Part 3. Expanding the paradigm
- Do people infer the entailments of conceptual metaphors during verbal metaphor understanding? 221
- Corpus data in usage-based linguistics 237
- Cognitive linguistics meets the corpus 257
- Oops blush! 291
- Conceptual construal and social construction 305
- The biblical story retold 325
- Name index 355
- Subject index 359
