FIGURATIVE USES OF THE CAUSED-MOTION CONSTRUCTION
FIGURATIVE USES OF THE CAUSED-MOTION CONSTRUCTION
Author(s): Mariana NeaguSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: caused-motion construction; Construction Grammar; high-level metaphor; Lexical Constructional Model (LCM); lexical-constructional subsumption
Summary/Abstract: As figurative uses of the caused-motion construction are not discussed extensively and systematically in the literature, this paper focuses on the following cases: (a) motion involved when the conditions of satisfaction of the predicate are realized, (b) actual motion without motion verbs, (c) figurative motion indicating a change of state, and (d) metaphorical motion with motion verbs
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 211-222
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English