ON ASPECTUALIZERS IN ENGLISH. A CORPUS-BASED APPROACH
ON ASPECTUALIZERS IN ENGLISH. A CORPUS-BASED APPROACH
Author(s): Tünde Nagy
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Summary/Abstract: The present work offers a semantic analysis of aspectualizers and their non-finite complement constructions (to infinitive and -ing) in English. It can be considered innovative in the respect that it defines aspectualizers and their complements as constructions that are themselves part of a larger macro-construction. In this regard, the analysis at hand can be considered a constructionist one, combining elements of constructional approaches (mostly Goldberg (1995, 1997, and 2006) with that of cognitive grammar (Wierzbicka 1988, Langacker 1991, etc.) and the theory of presupposition and consequences (Freed 1979).
Series: Sapientia Könyvek
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-973-197-097-4
- Page Count: 188
- Publication Year: 2016
- Language: English
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- Introduction
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