Changes in Argument Structure - The Transitivizing Reaction Object Construction (Hardcover, New edition)

This book deals with the characterization and history of the reaction object construction (ROC), as in Pauline smiled her thanks. The ROC consists of an intransitive verb followed by a nonprototypical object that expresses a reaction such that the whole syntactic unit acquires the extended meaning "express X by V-ing" (e.g. "Pauline expressed her thanks by smiling"). The hypothesis is put forward that ROCs follow a similar pathway as other valency-increasing constructions such as the cognate object construction and the way-construction, occurring first with more transitive-like verbs and then expanding to intransitives. Historical corpus evidence from several complementary data sources confirms this idea and reveals striking parallelisms with the way-construction.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Linguistic Insights, 277
Release date:	May 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Tamara Bouso-Rivas
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	392
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-434095-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
LSN:	3-03-434095-8
Barcode:	9783034340953

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