Constructions in language description
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20396018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva Schultze-Berndt (0000-0002-8506-0541, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 269-310 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Functions of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-998X • E-ISSN: 1569-9765 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/fol.9.2.07sch |
| OpenAlex | W1998403447 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This paper addresses some rarely-discussed theoretical and methodological issues in the application of a monostratal, construction-based linguistic model to language description. Constructions, in this approach, are defined as complex, schematic signs which are non-compositional, i.e. which have to be learned in a way which is similar to lexical items. In principle, the construction-based model is well suited to language description, since constructions which are specific to a language can be dealt with in the same framework as constructions which are common cross-linguistically. Yet, identifying a construction and distinguishing it from a compositional combination of signs, or from a formally and functionally related construction, is not always a straightforward task in descriptive practice. This is particularly true for spoken language, where the interaction of prosody and grammar has to be taken into account. I will propose here that gestalt-based constructions or G-Constructions, for which coherence is ensured by contiguity and prosodic means, should be distinguished from R-Constructions, where a relational element is responsible for the coherence of the construction, and which may therefore be distributed among two (or more) intonation units. These issues are illustrated by applying a construction-based description to various multi-predicate expressions in the Australian language Jaminjung
Construction Grammar · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Programming language · Schematic · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |