The English Change Network
Author | : Cristiano Broccias |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2013-07-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783110901207 |
ISBN-13 | : 311090120X |
Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Download or read book The English Change Network written by Cristiano Broccias and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the notion of change construction and systematically studies, within a Cognitive Grammar framework, the rich inventory of its instantiations in English, from well-known structures such as the so-called resultative construction to a variety of largely ignored types such as asymmetric resultatives, sublexical change constructions and mildly causal constructions.