Compound verbs in English revisited
Compound verbs (CVs) raise a number of puzzling questions concerning their classification, their word formation properties, their basic onomasiological function and their transitory status between “relations” and “conceptual-cores”. Using the constructionist framework in the context of a usage-based...
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Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
2011-05-01
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| author | Alexandra Bagasheva |
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| description | Compound verbs (CVs) raise a number of puzzling questions concerning their classification, their word formation properties, their basic onomasiological function and their transitory status between “relations” and “conceptual-cores”. Using the constructionist framework in the context of a usage-based network model of language, the paper develops a proposal for the classification of CVs and an account of the semantics of word formation niches of CVs created by analogy, which yield unified semantic analyses. A hypothesis is formulated concerning the acategorial nature of CV internal constituents, which naturally accommodates the proposed classification and word formation niche analyses. A hypothesis is formulated in this context concerning the intermediary status of CVs as language-cognition interface units collapsing the “relation-conceptual core” distinction. Conclusions are drawn relating to the transitory nature of most CVs as nonce creations performing a special function in communicative interaction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8353a0671bf413ab029bb674c11aa902022-12-22T02:46:33ZengEditura Universitatii din BucurestiBucharest Working Papers in Linguistics2069-92392069-92392011-05-01XIII1125150Compound verbs in English revisitedAlexandra BagashevaCompound verbs (CVs) raise a number of puzzling questions concerning their classification, their word formation properties, their basic onomasiological function and their transitory status between “relations” and “conceptual-cores”. Using the constructionist framework in the context of a usage-based network model of language, the paper develops a proposal for the classification of CVs and an account of the semantics of word formation niches of CVs created by analogy, which yield unified semantic analyses. A hypothesis is formulated concerning the acategorial nature of CV internal constituents, which naturally accommodates the proposed classification and word formation niche analyses. A hypothesis is formulated in this context concerning the intermediary status of CVs as language-cognition interface units collapsing the “relation-conceptual core” distinction. Conclusions are drawn relating to the transitory nature of most CVs as nonce creations performing a special function in communicative interaction.http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BWPL_2011_nr-1_Bagasheva.pdfcompound verbsacategorial constituentsclassification of CVsword formation niche semantics |
| spellingShingle | Alexandra Bagasheva Compound verbs in English revisited Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics compound verbs acategorial constituents classification of CVs word formation niche semantics |
| title | Compound verbs in English revisited |
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| title_short | Compound verbs in English revisited |
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| topic | compound verbs acategorial constituents classification of CVs word formation niche semantics |
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