Acknowledgments -- Figures And Tables -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1. Two Constructions -- 1.1. The Resultative Construction -- 1.2. The At-Construction -- 1.3. The Notion Of Change -- 2. Cognitive Grammar -- 2.1. Basic Assumptions -- 2.2. Predication -- 2.3. Composite Structures -- 3. Preview -- Chapter 2: Resultative Constructions And Change Constructions -- 1. Resultative Phrases And Constructions -- 1.1. Transitive Resultative Constructions -- 1.2. Intransitive Resultative Constructions -- 1.3. Conceptual Distance -- 1.4. Paraphrases For The Resultative Construction -- 1.5. Summary -- 2. The Billiard-Ball Model -- 2.1. The Syntactic Realisation Of The Resultative Phrase -- 2.2. States And Positions -- 2.3. Reverse Causal Ordering -- 2.4. Causality And Manipulable Entities -- 2.5. A First Schematic Representation -- 2.6. Summary -- 3. The Change Phrase -- 3.1. A Host Of Constructions -- 3.2. Sublexical Change -- 3.3. Like Change Constructions -- 3.4. Prepositional Phrases And Phrasal Verbs -- 3.5. Summary -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Asymmetric Resultatives And The Change Complex -- 1. Transitivity -- 1.1. A Preliminary Analysis Based On Levin And Rappaport Hovav (1995) -- 1.2. The Direct Object Restriction -- 1.3. Some Problematic Data -- 1.4. Summary -- 2. The Change Complex -- 2.1. Allative And Ablative Prepositions -- 2.2. Prepositions In The Change Complex -- 2.3. The Problematic Examples -- 2.4. Summary -- 3. Impossible Combinations -- 3.1. An Aesthetic Paradox -- 3.2. Affectedness And Objectivity: When Properties Are Not In The Eye Of The Beholder -- 3.3. Goldberg'S (1995) Unique Path Constraint -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Motion And Idiosyncrasy -- 1. The Motion Scenario -- 1.1. The Motion Scenario Is Evoked By The Construction -- 1.2. The Motion Scenario Is Evoked By The Verb -- 1.3. Summary.

2. Tight Links And Information Retrieval -- 2.1. Transitivity And Motion -- 2.2. Linking Events -- 3. Lexical Variation -- 3.1. Wechsler'S (2001) Approach -- 3.2. Gestalt Versus Part-Whole Properties -- 3.3. Summary -- 4. Interim Conclusion -- 4.1. Transitivity -- 4.2. Resultative Adjectives -- Chapter 5: The Force Change Schema And The Event Change Schema -- 1. The Force Change Schema -- 1.1. Subcategorised Objects -- 1.2. Unsubcategorised Objects: Above-The-Norm Reading And Tight Links -- 1.3. Mild Causality And Specification -- 1.4. Goldberg'S (1995) Analysis -- 2. The Event Change Schema -- 2.1. Temporal Coextensiveness -- 2.2. Temporal Sequencing -- 2.3. The Transitive Event Change Schema And Subject Orientation -- 3. Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Event Force Change Schema And Verb Classes -- 1. The Event Force Change Schema -- 1.1. The Causal Variant -- 1.2. The Noncausal Variant -- 2. The Lack Of Object Orientation -- 2.1. On Satisfaction And Love -- 2.2. To The Point Of -- 2.3. Part-Whole Variants -- 3. On Indeterminacy And Complexity -- 4. Verb Classes -- 4.1. Middle Verbs -- 4.2. Verbs Of Manner Of Motion -- 4.3. Verbs Of Accompaniment -- 4.4. Emission Verbs -- 4.5. Verbs Of Transformation And Creation -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter 7: At-Constructions -- 1. The Conative Alternation -- 1.1. Levin'S (1993) Definition And List -- 1.2. Van Der Leek'S (1996) Analysis -- 2. The Allative And Ablative Scenarios -- 2.1. The Allative Schema: Translational Motion With Possible Contact -- 2.2. The Ablative Schema: Necessary Contact Without Translational Motion -- 2.3. The Allative/Ablative Schema: Translational Motion With Necessary Contact -- 3. Pesetsky'S (1995) Paradox -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- 1. Overview -- 2. Summary -- Notes -- References -- Sources Of Examples -- Index.