Tamara Bouso
Biographic Data
| ID | 5400941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tamara Bouso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tamara |
| FAMILY NAME | Bouso |
| SIGNATURE | BOUSO T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6059-6120 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Superlative Objoid Constructions in British and American English
This paper investigates regional variation in Superlative Objoid constructions (SOCs) and their prepositional variant ( at‐ SOCs). SOCs combine a possessive pronoun with a superlative adjective. These function as manner‐degree modifiers in a context where the possessive is in postverbal position and correlative with the subject, as in they tried their hardest (‘they tried very hard’). This study adds to previous research by focussing on the produ…
Towards a usage-based characterisation of the English Superlative Object Construction
Little attention has been paid to the English Superlative Object Construction (SOC), as in She worked her hardest . The historical grammarians Jespersen (1909–1949) and Poutsma (1904–1929) are the only ones who do touch on the SOC, and they do so in passing relying on what seem to be the prototypical examples of the construction. This empirical evidence, though valuable for a first characterisation of the pattern, is insufficient to provide a det…
A sisterhood of constructions? A structural priming approach to modelling links in the network of Objoid Constructions
A central aim of Construction Grammar is to model links within the construct-i-con. This paper investigates three constructions that share one property: an atypical element in the object slot. The constructions are therefore not prototypically transitive. Structural priming (implemented with an automatic maze variant of self-paced reading) is used to test hypotheses on the relation among the Reaction Objoid ( She smiled her thanks ), the Cognate …
Where Does Lexical Diversity Come From? Horizontal Interaction in the Network of the Late Modern English Reaction Object Construction
This paper provides further insight into the Reaction Object Construction (she nodded intelligence) as a case of constructional contamination, a phenomenon that describes the relation between two or more constructions such that usage frequencies of one construction influence the patterns of variation in another one (Pijpops and Van de Velde 2016). Earlier research has shown that the frequencies of structures of the type she gave a nod of intellig…
Another turn of the screw on the history of the reaction object construction
This article deals with the Reaction Object Construction (ROC), as in She smiled disbelief , where an intransitive verb ( smile ), by adding an emotional object ( disbelief ), acquires the extended sense “express X by V−ing” (i.e. “She expressed disbelief by smiling”). Earlier research has suggested a diachronic connection between the ROC and Direct Discourse Constructions (DDCs) of the type She smiled, “I don’t believe you” ( Visser 1963–1973 ).…
The growth of the transitivising Reaction Object Construction
This paper explores the growth of the Reaction Object Construction (ROC) as in Pauline smiled her thanks , offering new insights into its characterisation and historical development from the perspective of Construction Grammar ( Goldberg 1995 , 2006 , 2019 ) and its application to patterns of language change ( Hilpert 2013 ; Traugott & Trousdale 2013 ). It is argued that the modern ROC qualifies as a traditional form-meaning pairing and, at a dee…
Presupposition, Persuasion and Mag Food Advertising
In this study presupposition is examined from the point of view of the type of information assumed by advertisers (Levinson 1983; Goddard 1998) and the functions they fulfi l in achieving persuasion in nutritional advertising. Thus, 25 headlines from 5 health and fi tness magazines (2012) have been classifi ed according to the type of covert information. The results indicate that there are gender differences as regards this form of inferential in…
Muttering Contempt and Smiling Appreciation
Structures such as “she muttered contempt” or “she smiled appreciation” have been referred to as Reaction Object Constructions (ROCs), and consist of a normally intransitive verb followed by an object that conveys an emotion, such that the whole construction can be paraphrased as “express an emotion by V-ing”. Although ROCs have been discussed recently in relation to Present Day English, from a historical perspective they have received very littl…
A sisterhood of constructions? A structural priming approach to modelling links in the network of Objoid Constructions
A central aim of Construction Grammar is to model links within the construct-i-con. This paper investigates three constructions that share one property: an atypical element in the object slot. The constructions are therefore not prototypically transitive. Structural priming (implemented with an automatic maze variant of self-paced reading) is used to test hypotheses on the relation among the Reaction Objoid ( She smiled her thanks ), the Cognate …
Where Does Lexical Diversity Come From? Horizontal Interaction in the Network of the Late Modern English Reaction Object Construction
This paper provides further insight into the Reaction Object Construction (she nodded intelligence) as a case of constructional contamination, a phenomenon that describes the relation between two or more constructions such that usage frequencies of one construction influence the patterns of variation in another one (Pijpops and Van de Velde 2016). Earlier research has shown that the frequencies of structures of the type she gave a nod of intellig…
Muttering Contempt and Smiling Appreciation
Structures such as “she muttered contempt” or “she smiled appreciation” have been referred to as Reaction Object Constructions (ROCs), and consist of a normally intransitive verb followed by an object that conveys an emotion, such that the whole construction can be paraphrased as “express an emotion by V-ing”. Although ROCs have been discussed recently in relation to Present Day English, from a historical perspective they have received very littl…
Muttering Contempt and Smiling Appreciation
Structures such as “she muttered contempt” or “she smiled appreciation” have been referred to as Reaction Object Constructions (ROCs), and consist of a normally intransitive verb followed by an object that conveys an emotion, such that the whole construction can be paraphrased as “express an emotion by V-ing”. Although ROCs have been discussed recently in relation to Present Day English, from a historical perspective they have received very littl…
Presupposition, Persuasion and Mag Food Advertising
In this study presupposition is examined from the point of view of the type of information assumed by advertisers (Levinson 1983; Goddard 1998) and the functions they fulfi l in achieving persuasion in nutritional advertising. Thus, 25 headlines from 5 health and fi tness magazines (2012) have been classifi ed according to the type of covert information. The results indicate that there are gender differences as regards this form of inferential in…
The growth of the transitivising Reaction Object Construction
This paper explores the growth of the Reaction Object Construction (ROC) as in Pauline smiled her thanks , offering new insights into its characterisation and historical development from the perspective of Construction Grammar ( Goldberg 1995 , 2006 , 2019 ) and its application to patterns of language change ( Hilpert 2013 ; Traugott & Trousdale 2013 ). It is argued that the modern ROC qualifies as a traditional form-meaning pairing and, at a dee…
Another turn of the screw on the history of the reaction object construction
This article deals with the Reaction Object Construction (ROC), as in She smiled disbelief , where an intransitive verb ( smile ), by adding an emotional object ( disbelief ), acquires the extended sense “express X by V−ing” (i.e. “She expressed disbelief by smiling”). Earlier research has suggested a diachronic connection between the ROC and Direct Discourse Constructions (DDCs) of the type She smiled, “I don’t believe you” ( Visser 1963–1973 ).…
Where Does Lexical Diversity Come From? Horizontal Interaction in the Network of the Late Modern English Reaction Object Construction
This paper provides further insight into the Reaction Object Construction (she nodded intelligence) as a case of constructional contamination, a phenomenon that describes the relation between two or more constructions such that usage frequencies of one construction influence the patterns of variation in another one (Pijpops and Van de Velde 2016). Earlier research has shown that the frequencies of structures of the type she gave a nod of intellig…
Towards a usage-based characterisation of the English Superlative Object Construction
Little attention has been paid to the English Superlative Object Construction (SOC), as in She worked her hardest . The historical grammarians Jespersen (1909–1949) and Poutsma (1904–1929) are the only ones who do touch on the SOC, and they do so in passing relying on what seem to be the prototypical examples of the construction. This empirical evidence, though valuable for a first characterisation of the pattern, is insufficient to provide a det…
A sisterhood of constructions? A structural priming approach to modelling links in the network of Objoid Constructions
A central aim of Construction Grammar is to model links within the construct-i-con. This paper investigates three constructions that share one property: an atypical element in the object slot. The constructions are therefore not prototypically transitive. Structural priming (implemented with an automatic maze variant of self-paced reading) is used to test hypotheses on the relation among the Reaction Objoid ( She smiled her thanks ), the Cognate …
Superlative Objoid Constructions in British and American English
This paper investigates regional variation in Superlative Objoid constructions (SOCs) and their prepositional variant ( at‐ SOCs). SOCs combine a possessive pronoun with a superlative adjective. These function as manner‐degree modifiers in a context where the possessive is in postverbal position and correlative with the subject, as in they tried their hardest (‘they tried very hard’). This study adds to previous research by focussing on the produ…
Linguistics (7 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)