Lieselotte Brems
Biographic Data
| ID | 2789920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lieselotte Brems |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lieselotte |
| FAMILY NAME | Brems |
| SIGNATURE | BREMS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liège |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0228-6412 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From complex prepositions to complex subordinators
This paper presents a first approximation of the relationships within and between complex prepositions and complex subordinators from a cognitive vantage point. Because of the similarities between the two categories at the syntactic and functional levels of analysis, we first hypothesize the existence of a common productive schema that encompasses members of both classes within the framework of Construction Grammar. We then put forward a methodol…
Revisiting complement and parenthetical constructions
‘Wonder’ Nouns and the Development of a Mirative Constructional Network
This paper discusses the emergence and development of a mirative constructional network involving the shell nouns wonder , marvel and chance , called ‘wonder’ nouns here. In combination with negative quantifiers (e.g. no wonder ), they can be used either lexically or as part of grammatical, mirative markers, qualifying a proposition as unsurprising in view of another situation. The network emerges in Old English around wonder , with three meso-co…
Type Noun Constructions in Slavic, Germanic and Romance Languages
A semiotic approach to grammaticalization
Size nouns matter
Intersubjectivity and intersubjectification in grammar and discourse
Intersubjectivity and intersubjectification
In this paper we present our views on intersubjectivity and intersubjectification with reference to case studies on adjectives, hedges, tags, honorifics, etc. Building on Diessel’s notion of “joint attention” and Traugott’s approach to intersubjectivity, we propose a distinction between three types of intersubjectivity: attitudinal, responsive, and textual. We evaluate and propose formal recognition criteria to operationalize this essentially sem…
The establishment of quantifier constructions for size nouns
Based on exhaustive diachronic corpus data, this paper determines the relative chronology in which the size nouns heap(s) and lot(s) have developed quantifier uses within NP of NP-syntagms, as in heaps / a lot of people . Using a constructional approach, it is claimed that size nouns occur in three distinct constructions or form–meaning pairings identified on the basis of systematic syntactic, semantico-pragmatic and collocational features. I arg…
Layering of Size and Type Noun Constructions in English
On the basis of synchronic and diachronic data analysis, the volume takes a close look at the synchronic layers of binominal size noun and type noun uses (a bunch/a load of X; a sort of X; a Y type of X) and reconsiders the framework of grammaticalization in view of issues raised by the phrases under discussion. As a result, a construction grammar-approach to grammaticalization is developed which does justice to the syntagmatic lexical, or colloc…
The Grammaticalisation of Nominal Type Noun Constructions with kind/sort of
Denison distinguishes three main NP constructions with type nouns such as sort/kind/type of in Present-day English, namely the head, postdeterminer and qualifier constructions. The latter two developed from the binominal construction in which lexically full sort/kind/type is the head followed by a second noun designating a superordinate class. In the chronology he posits the postdeterminer construction as an early reanalysis of the binominal cons…
Type noun uses in the English NP
This article addresses the relatively neglected question of identifying and characterizing the various uses of sort , kind and type in the English NP. It does so on the basis of close analysis of a set of data extracted from the Times subcorpus of the COBUILD corpus. The proposed description refers to the general functions fulfilled by elements of the NP, which, from right to left, form an objective — subjective continuum. At the same time, we ch…
Measure Noun constructions
In a narrow sense, the term ‘Measure Noun' (MN) refers to such nouns as acre and kilo, which typically measure off a well-established and specific portion of the mass or entity specified in a following of-phrase, e.g. a kilo of apples. When used like this, the MN is generally considered to constitute the lexical head of the bi-nominal noun phrase. However, the notion of ‘MN' can be extended to include such expressions as a bunch of and heaps of, …
Measure Noun constructions
In a narrow sense, the term ‘Measure Noun' (MN) refers to such nouns as acre and kilo, which typically measure off a well-established and specific portion of the mass or entity specified in a following of-phrase, e.g. a kilo of apples. When used like this, the MN is generally considered to constitute the lexical head of the bi-nominal noun phrase. However, the notion of ‘MN' can be extended to include such expressions as a bunch of and heaps of, …
The Grammaticalisation of Nominal Type Noun Constructions with kind/sort of
Denison distinguishes three main NP constructions with type nouns such as sort/kind/type of in Present-day English, namely the head, postdeterminer and qualifier constructions. The latter two developed from the binominal construction in which lexically full sort/kind/type is the head followed by a second noun designating a superordinate class. In the chronology he posits the postdeterminer construction as an early reanalysis of the binominal cons…
Type noun uses in the English NP
This article addresses the relatively neglected question of identifying and characterizing the various uses of sort , kind and type in the English NP. It does so on the basis of close analysis of a set of data extracted from the Times subcorpus of the COBUILD corpus. The proposed description refers to the general functions fulfilled by elements of the NP, which, from right to left, form an objective — subjective continuum. At the same time, we ch…
Revisiting complement and parenthetical constructions
A semiotic approach to grammaticalization
Size nouns matter
Measure Noun constructions
In a narrow sense, the term ‘Measure Noun' (MN) refers to such nouns as acre and kilo, which typically measure off a well-established and specific portion of the mass or entity specified in a following of-phrase, e.g. a kilo of apples. When used like this, the MN is generally considered to constitute the lexical head of the bi-nominal noun phrase. However, the notion of ‘MN' can be extended to include such expressions as a bunch of and heaps of, …
Type noun uses in the English NP
This article addresses the relatively neglected question of identifying and characterizing the various uses of sort , kind and type in the English NP. It does so on the basis of close analysis of a set of data extracted from the Times subcorpus of the COBUILD corpus. The proposed description refers to the general functions fulfilled by elements of the NP, which, from right to left, form an objective — subjective continuum. At the same time, we ch…
The Grammaticalisation of Nominal Type Noun Constructions with kind/sort of
Denison distinguishes three main NP constructions with type nouns such as sort/kind/type of in Present-day English, namely the head, postdeterminer and qualifier constructions. The latter two developed from the binominal construction in which lexically full sort/kind/type is the head followed by a second noun designating a superordinate class. In the chronology he posits the postdeterminer construction as an early reanalysis of the binominal cons…
Layering of Size and Type Noun Constructions in English
On the basis of synchronic and diachronic data analysis, the volume takes a close look at the synchronic layers of binominal size noun and type noun uses (a bunch/a load of X; a sort of X; a Y type of X) and reconsiders the framework of grammaticalization in view of issues raised by the phrases under discussion. As a result, a construction grammar-approach to grammaticalization is developed which does justice to the syntagmatic lexical, or colloc…
The establishment of quantifier constructions for size nouns
Based on exhaustive diachronic corpus data, this paper determines the relative chronology in which the size nouns heap(s) and lot(s) have developed quantifier uses within NP of NP-syntagms, as in heaps / a lot of people . Using a constructional approach, it is claimed that size nouns occur in three distinct constructions or form–meaning pairings identified on the basis of systematic syntactic, semantico-pragmatic and collocational features. I arg…
Intersubjectivity and intersubjectification in grammar and discourse
Intersubjectivity and intersubjectification
In this paper we present our views on intersubjectivity and intersubjectification with reference to case studies on adjectives, hedges, tags, honorifics, etc. Building on Diessel’s notion of “joint attention” and Traugott’s approach to intersubjectivity, we propose a distinction between three types of intersubjectivity: attitudinal, responsive, and textual. We evaluate and propose formal recognition criteria to operationalize this essentially sem…
Size nouns matter
‘Wonder’ Nouns and the Development of a Mirative Constructional Network
This paper discusses the emergence and development of a mirative constructional network involving the shell nouns wonder , marvel and chance , called ‘wonder’ nouns here. In combination with negative quantifiers (e.g. no wonder ), they can be used either lexically or as part of grammatical, mirative markers, qualifying a proposition as unsurprising in view of another situation. The network emerges in Old English around wonder , with three meso-co…
Type Noun Constructions in Slavic, Germanic and Romance Languages
A semiotic approach to grammaticalization
From complex prepositions to complex subordinators
This paper presents a first approximation of the relationships within and between complex prepositions and complex subordinators from a cognitive vantage point. Because of the similarities between the two categories at the syntactic and functional levels of analysis, we first hypothesize the existence of a common productive schema that encompasses members of both classes within the framework of Construction Grammar. We then put forward a methodol…
Revisiting complement and parenthetical constructions
Linguistics (12 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Noun (9 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (8 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Grammaticalization (5 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (4 works)