Idiomatic Expressions and Grammatical Constructions (Volume 230) - Brossura

Kay, Paul; Michaelis, Laura A.; Sag, Ivan A.; Flickinger, Dan; A. Michaelis, Laura; A. Sag, Ivan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0937073415 ISBN 13: 9780937073414

Casa editrice: Centre for the Study of Language & Information, 2025

Riassunto

A thorough investigation into idioms and their grand meaning, including how best to analyze them.

Any theory of idioms should be part and parcel of a general theory of grammar, adding as little machinery to one's overall grammatical approach as possible in describing both the syntactic and semantic idiosyncrasies and regularities of this large class of linguistic expressions.  This volume presents several lexicalist analyses of idioms within the framework of Sign-Based Construction Grammar, reflecting three guiding principles: many but not all idioms are syntactically and semantically compositional, dividing into distinct classes; idioms are analyzable in terms of a suitably rich lexicon and a set of constructions (lexical and syntactic rules) with corresponding meaning representations; and idiomaticity is a gradient phenomenon, exhibiting wide variation in degree of syntactic flexibility and meaning.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• ISBN 10: 0937073415
• ISBN 13: 9780937073414
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 206
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile