LINGUIST List 17.2326

Tue Aug 15 2006

Books: Linguistic Theories/Semantics/Syntax: Laffut

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Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Three-Participant Constructions in English: Laffut
Message 1: Three-Participant Constructions in English: Laffut
Date: 14-Aug-2006
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Three-Participant Constructions in English: Laffut


Title: Three-Participant Constructions in English Subtitle: A functional-cognitive approach to caused relations Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series 79 Published: 2006 Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SLCS%2079

Author: An Laffut, University of Leuven Hardback: ISBN: 9027230897 Pages: 268 Price: U.S. $ 132.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027230897 Pages: 268 Price: Europe EURO 110.00
Abstract:

This study aims to give a systematic and comprehensive description of theconstructions involved in three important types of alternation: thelocative alternation, which is by far the most researched of the three, theimage impression alternation and the material/product alternation. Theauthor looks at the constructions as part of an alternation, but also looksbeyond the alternations, and analyzes and describes the constructions intheir own right. They are analyzed as three-participant constructions withrelational complements, construing causation of the three main subtypes ofrelations, namely intensive, circumstantial and possessive relations.Particular attention is paid to the concept of holicity, to the status ofthe prepositional phrase, and to collocational properties, which play a keyrole in the decision as to which alternate should be regarded as theunmarked one within its construction paradigm. The approach taken isinspired by systemic functional grammar and can broadly be characterized ascognitive-functional.

Table of contents

Acknowledgement ixIntroduction 1-15Chapter 1. State of the Art 16-40Chapter 2. Textual Dimensions 41-73Chapter 3. Holicity and Partivity 74-104Chapter 4. Process and Participants 105-155Chapter 5. A Relational Analysis 156-190Chapter 6. The Material/Product Constructions 191-218Chapter 7. The Image Impression and Locative Constructions 219-246Summary and Conclusion 247-256Reference List 257-266Index 267-268

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories                             Semantics                             Syntax
Written In: English (eng )

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