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Motivation in Language : Studies in honor of Günter Radden.
Title:
Motivation in Language : Studies in honor of Günter Radden.
Author:
Cuyckens, Hubert.
ISBN:
9789027275288
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (430 pages)
Series:
Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science
Contents:
MOTIVATION IN LANGUAGE -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- EDITORS' FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- IN SEARCH OF CONCEPTUAL STRUCTUREFIVE MILESTONES IN THE WORK OF GÜNTER RADDEN -- 1. Towards a cognitive sociolinguistics -- 2. The conceptual elaboration of Case Grammar -- 3. Rescued from the wastebasket: The role of Area -- 4. Cognitive linguistics in a first synthesis -- 5. It is all metonymy -- References -- SECTION 1. MOTIVATIO N IN LEXICO-GRAMMAR -- EXTREME SUBJECTIFICATION ENGLISH TENSE AND MODALS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Grounding and subjectivity -- 3. English modals -- 4.The English present tense -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- MEANING AND CONTEXT -- 1. On word meanings -- 2. 'Bootstrapping' -- 3. 'Subcategorization', 'argument structure', and 'linking': The case of put -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- LEXICALRULES VS. CONSTRUCTIONS A FALSE DICHOTOMY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Arguments against lexical rules -- 3. The grammatical representation of the ditransitive construction -- 4. Constructions, lexical rules, and verb-specific constructions -- 5. Verb-specific constructions, verb entries, and analyzability -- 6. The mapping of form to meaning in language -- Notes -- References -- SCHEMASAND LEXICAL BLENDS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some characteristics of lexical blends -- 3. Lexical blends in a theory of morphology -- 4. Schemas in the analysis of lexical blends -- 5. The creation of a new lexical schema -- 6. Conclusion -- Data Sources -- References -- VALENCY AND DIATHESIS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Valency -- 3. Valency potential and valency realizations -- 4. Valency realizations of verbs in various diatheses -- 4.1 Personal active constructions -- 4.2 Impersonal active constructions -- 4.3 Personal passive constructions -- 4.3.1 Werden-passive -- 4.3.2Thesein-passive.

4.3.3 The bekommen-passive -- 4.4 Impersonal passive constructions -- 4.5 Impersonal reflexive passive -- 4.6 Middle constructions -- 4.6.1 Agentless middle constructions in the active form -- 4.6.2 Reflexive middle constructions -- 4.6.3 Reflexive middle constructions with lassen "to cause" -- 4.6.4 Middle constructions with a copula, zu + infinitive -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- TO GET OR TO BE? USE AND ACQUISITION OF GET- VERSUS BE-PASSIVES:EVIDENCE FROM CHILDREN AND ADULTS -- 1. Get- vs. be-passives: An overview1 -- 1.1 The get- over the be-passive in adult speakers -- 1.2 Development of the get-passive -- 2. Experiment 1: Children 's production of get- and be-passives -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Method -- 2.3 Results and discussion -- 3. Experiment 2: Elicitation of children's get-passives -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Method -- 4. Experiment 3: Adults ' ratings of be- and get-passives -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Method -- 4.3 Results and discussion -- 5. General discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- SECTION 2. MOTIVATION IN THE LEXICON -- SPACEAND TIME IN POLISHTHE PREPOSITION ZA AND THE VERBAL PREFIX ZA- -- 1. Stating the problem -- 2. Earlier approaches -- 3. Basic assumptions -- 4. Analysis -- 4.1 The preposition za -- 4.2 The verbal prefix za- -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- FUNCTIONSOF THE PREPOSITION KUOM IN DHOLUO -- 1. The problem1 -- 2. Towards a solution -- 2.1 Theoretical framework -- 2.2 Thesis -- 2.3 Data and procedure -- 3. Clause structure and prepositions other than kuom -- 4. The preposition kuom -- 4.1 Kuom 's lexical source -- 4.2 Spatial function -- 4.3 Functional expansion via structural metaphor -- 4.3.1 Introducing experiencer participants -- 4.3.2 Introducing phenomenon participants -- 4.4 Functional expansion via ontological metaphor -- 4.4.1 TIME IS A(N) OBJECT/SOLID.

4.4.2 CAUSE IS A(N) OBJECT/SOLID -- 4.4.3 MANNER IS A(N) OBJECT/SOLID -- 4.4.4 PURPOSE/ABSTRACT MEANS IS A(N) OBJECT/SOLID -- 4.4.5 QUANTITIES ARE OBJECTS/SOLIDS -- 5. Summary and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- GRAMMATICALIZATIONOF POSTPOSITIONS IN GERMAN -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Incipient grammaticalization: Reanalysis -- 3. Advanced grammaticalization: Differentiation relative to the original structure -- 4. A brief survey of postpositions in present-day German -- 5. Parameters of grammaticalization -- 5.1 Change of morphological structure -- 5.2 Change of position -- 5.3. Change of government -- 5.4. Change of semantics -- 6. A diachronic outlook on position and government -- 7. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- METONYMY IN COGNITIVE LINGUISTICSAN ANALYSIS AND A FEW MODEST PROPOSALS -- 1. Introduction -- 2.The 'standard' view of metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics -- 2.1 The properties -- 2.2 Similarities and differences between metaphor and metonymy -- 2.3 A 'standard' definition -- 3. The 'standard' view of metonymy: Problematic issues -- 3.1 Metonymy as a relationship between '(sub)domains' rather than 'entities ' -- 3.2 Same or different domain? -- 3.3 Mapping, domain highlighting, and mental activation -- 3.4 The centrality of sub domains -- 3.5 Metonymy's primarily referential purpose -- 3.6 Metonymy as a 'stand-for' relationship -- 3.7 The remaining properties -- 3.8 Reassessing the relation between metaphor and metonymy -- 4. A network of cognitive notions of metonymy -- 4.1 Prototypical, typical, and schematic metonymies -- 4.2 Conventional versus non-conventional metonymies -- 4.3 The definitions -- 4.3.1 Schematic metonymy -- 4.3.2 Typical metonymy -- 4.3.3 Prototypical metonymy -- 4.3.4Conventional metonymy -- 4.4 Comments on the definitions -- 5. Closing remarks -- Notes -- References.

SECTION 3. MOTIVATION IN SOCIO-CULTURAL CONCEPTUALIZATIONS -- HOW LANGUAGE IS CONCEPTUALIZED AND METAPHORIZED IN JAPANESEAN ESSAY IN LANGUGE IDEOLOGY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The historical developm en t of words for 'language' -- 3. Characteristics of the Japanese speaker's view on language -- 4. The metaphorization of language in Japanese -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- THE EVER-STIFLING ESSENTIALISMLANGUAGE AND CONFLICT IN POLAND (1991-1993) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Essentialism -- 3. A non-essentialist's view -- 4. Two conflicts in present-day Poland -- 4.1 Abortion -- 4.2 Christian values and censorship -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Afterthought -- Notes -- References -- MOTION METAPHORIZED IN THE ECONOMIC DOMAIN -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Alternative models of metaphorical motion for the dynamic quantification of economic processes -- 2.1 HORIZONTAL MO VEMENT -- 2.2 VERTICAL MOVEMENT -- 2.2.1 ORGANIC GROWTH -- 2.2.2 ACTIVE VERTICAL MOVEMENT -- 2.2.3 PASSIVE VERTICAL TRANSPORT -- 2.3 MOUNTAINSIDE-TOPOLOGY -- 3. Summary and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- SECTION 4 MOTIVATION IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS -- ENGLISH IN THE WORLD AND ENGLISH IN THE SCHOOL -- 1. Introduction -- 2. English as lingua franca in intercultural communication -- 3. English as a foreign language in the context of school instruction -- 4. Discussion -- 5. Summary -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- ATTITUDESTOWARDS LUGANDA, KISWAHILI, ENGLISH, AND MOTHER TONGUE AS MEDIA OF INSTRUCTION IN UGANDA -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The language situation in Uganda -- 3. Language use in the school system -- 4. The role of Luganda and Kiswahili in Uganda -- 4.1 Luganda and the Baganda -- 4.2 Kiswahili -- 5. The quantitative study on linguistic attitudes -- 5.1 Methodology: Participants, procedure, and scope -- 5.2 Findings and discussion -- 6. Conclusions -- Notes -- References:.

STYLE LABELS IN MONOLINGUALENGLISH LEARNER'S DICTIONARIES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Using a dictionary -- 3. The practice of stylistic labeling -- 4. Statistical comparison -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Dictionaries -- References -- Appendix 2 -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.
Abstract:
This volume contributes to the now one-century old question, 'Is the link between forms and meanings in language essentially arbitrary, as Saussure put it, or is it on the contrary also considerably motivated?' The greater part of the papers (Sections 1-3) analyze linguistic phenomena in which not arbitrary, but cognitively motivated links between form and meaning play a role. As such, the contributions in Section 1 examine selected aspects of motivation in the continuum between lexicon and grammar; the contributions in Section 2 study the factors underlying the range of (semantic) variants that attach to a particular lexical item; and papers in Section 3 look at motivating factors in linguistic items situated in and conceptualizing the socio-cultural domain. A smaller set of papers in Section 4 point to the role which learner motivation and attitudinal motivation may play in applied linguistics domains.
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