文档介绍：C o n s t r u c t io n s
Cognitive Theory of Language and Culture
A series edited by Gillcs Fauconnier.
e Lakoff, and Eve Sweetser
Co n st r u c t io n s
A Construction Grammar
Approach to
Argument Structure
Adele E. Goldberg
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago and London
A dele E. Goldberg is assistant professor o f linguistics at the University or
California, San Diego.
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637
The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London
K 1995 by The University of Chicago
All rights reserved. Published 1995
Printed in the United Stales of America
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ISBN (cloth): 0-226-30085-4
ISBN (paper): 0-226-30086-2
Library of Congress Cataloging- in-Publication Data
Goldberg, Adele E.
Constructions : a construction grammar approach to argument structure /
Adele E. Goldberg.
p. cm. —(Cognitive theory of language and culture)
Originally presented as the author's thesis (.)— University of California,
1992.
Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.
ISBN 0-226-30085-4 (cloth). — ISBN 0-226-30086-2 (pbk.)
I. Grammar, Comparative and general— Syntax. 2. Semantics.
3. Generative grammar. 1. Title. II. Series.
1995
4 15— dc20 94-20705
CIP
© The paper used in this publication meets (he minimum requirements of the
American National Standard for Information s— of Paper for
Printed Library Materials, ANSI -1984.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
t Introduction 1
T he C oncept o f C onstructions I
A B rief Introduction to C o n struction G ram m ar 6
An A lternative ount: L exicosem antic R ules 7
A dvantages o f the C onstruction ount 9
T raditional M otivations for L exical R ules 21
2 The Interaction between Verbs and Constructions 24
Fram e sem antics 25
T he N ature o f Verb M eaning 27
T he N ature o f C onstructional M ean