Synonyme, lexical fields, and grammatical constructions. A study in usage-based cognitive semantics

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Lexical patterns
5. A computational model of the ambiguity-vagueness spectrum 11
6. Questions of life and death: Denotational boundary disputes 33
7. Breakthroughs and disasters: The politics and ethics of metaphor use in the media 63
8. Synonyme, lexical fields, and grammatical constructions. A study in usage-based cognitive semantics 89
9. Collocation, anchoring, and the mental lexicon – an ontogenetic perspective 119
10. Part II: Grammatical patterns
11. The mean lean grammar machine meets the human mind: Empirical investigations of the mental status of linguistic rules 149
12. Motivating grammatical and conceptual gender agreement in German 171
13. Computed or entrenched? The French imparfait de politesse 195
14. Valency constructions and clause constructions or how, if at all, valency grammarians might sneeze the foam off the cappuccino 225
15. What exactly is the question-assertion distinction based on? An exploration in experimental speech act theory 257
16. Backmatter 275