Comparing Comparative Correlatives: The German vs. English construction network

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Approaching German syntax from a constructionist perspective 1
5. Part I: Grammatical constructions and valency
6. The argument structure of psych-verbs: A quantitative corpus study on cognitive entrenchment 47
7. Case alternation in argument structure constructions with prepositional verbs: A case study in corpus-based constructional analysis 85
8. Valence patterns, constructions, and interaction: Constructs with the German verb erinnern (‘remember’ / ‘remind’) 131
9. Part II: Comparing constructions in German and English
10. Comparing Comparative Correlatives: The German vs. English construction network 181
11. Argument omissions in multiple German corpora 204
12. Part III: Prepositional constructions in German
13. The Case for Caseless Prepositional Constructions with voller in German 245
14. Constructions, compositionality, and the system of German particle verbs with ‘an’ 286
15. Part IV: Constructional Productivity
16. Type and token frequency effects on developing constructional productivity: The case of the German sein ‘be’ + present participle construction 327
17. Frames, verbs, and constructions: German constructions with verbs of stealing 367
18. Argument structure constructions among German prepositional objects 406
19. Author index 447
20. Subject index 449