Title: A Constructional Approach to the Sentence Pattern Exemplified by "Wang Mian Si-le Fuqin"
Abstract:Wang Mian si-le instantiates a construction in which the subject of the sentence is affected through its obtaining or losing the object.Its constructional meaning and the general cognitive mechanisms ...Wang Mian si-le instantiates a construction in which the subject of the sentence is affected through its obtaining or losing the object.Its constructional meaning and the general cognitive mechanisms determine the attri-butes of its components.Thus the verb undergoes categorization as coerced by the construction.The subject and the object enter into a reference-point relationship,in agreement with its constructional meaning.The reference-point relationship lends itself naturally to the explanation of the topic status of the subject and the focus status of the object.Its constructional meaning also differentiates this construction from a seemingly similar construction exemplified byWang Mian fuqin si-le.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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