Chapter 7. The family of German dative constructions
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Sabine De Knop
Abstract
The chapter describes the variety of structures with datives in Valency Grammar and then in the framework of Goldberg’s Construction Grammar (1995; 2006). It addresses issues related to the semantic roles that can be expressed with dative objects, but also the difference between valency-dependent datives and free datives that appear in usage. The constructionist model offers new avenues for a unified description of constructions with datives, both for valency-dependent and free datives, and even for phraseologisms with a dative object. But German being a morphologically complex language, the constructionist model cannot do without describing the valency properties of the verbs in the constructions. Finally, the study provides evidence for the claim that constructions with a dative build a family.
Abstract
The chapter describes the variety of structures with datives in Valency Grammar and then in the framework of Goldberg’s Construction Grammar (1995; 2006). It addresses issues related to the semantic roles that can be expressed with dative objects, but also the difference between valency-dependent datives and free datives that appear in usage. The constructionist model offers new avenues for a unified description of constructions with datives, both for valency-dependent and free datives, and even for phraseologisms with a dative object. But German being a morphologically complex language, the constructionist model cannot do without describing the valency properties of the verbs in the constructions. Finally, the study provides evidence for the claim that constructions with a dative build a family.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Analytical perspectives on grammatical constructions
- Chapter 1. The role of verbs and verb classes in identifying German search -constructions 17
- Chapter 2. Embodied motivations for abstract in and on constructions 53
- Chapter 3. Doing Tsukahara and the Epley in a cross-linguistic perspective 77
- Chapter 4. The role of inferencing in the interpretation of two expressive speech act constructions 109
- Chapter 5. Exploring inter-constructional relations in the constructicon 135
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Part II. From applications to theory and back
- Chapter 6. Revisiting the English resultative family of constructions 175
- Chapter 7. The family of German dative constructions 205
- Chapter 8. Motivation behind the extended senses of the Polish ditransitive construction 241
- Chapter 9. The English conative as a family of constructions 277
- Chapter 10. Multimodal constructional resemblance 301
- Index 339
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Analytical perspectives on grammatical constructions
- Chapter 1. The role of verbs and verb classes in identifying German search -constructions 17
- Chapter 2. Embodied motivations for abstract in and on constructions 53
- Chapter 3. Doing Tsukahara and the Epley in a cross-linguistic perspective 77
- Chapter 4. The role of inferencing in the interpretation of two expressive speech act constructions 109
- Chapter 5. Exploring inter-constructional relations in the constructicon 135
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Part II. From applications to theory and back
- Chapter 6. Revisiting the English resultative family of constructions 175
- Chapter 7. The family of German dative constructions 205
- Chapter 8. Motivation behind the extended senses of the Polish ditransitive construction 241
- Chapter 9. The English conative as a family of constructions 277
- Chapter 10. Multimodal constructional resemblance 301
- Index 339
