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As construções de movimento causado e ditransitiva: elos de polissemia

open access: yesDELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
RESUMO Este trabalho compara duas construções de estrutura argumental do Português Brasileiro - as construções de movimento causado e ditransitiva - para investigar seus elos de polissemia, com base em aspectos sintáticos, semânticos e pragmáticos que ...
Maria Angélica FURTADO DA CUNHA
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Long Time, No Buzz: Fixed Expressions as Constructional Frames

open access: yesCogniTextes, 2010
This paper explores the variability of fixed expressions in English from a constructionist perspective. The analysis comprises two kinds of such expressions: traditional aphoristic sequences (e.g., Once bitten, twice shy) and recent popular quotes (e.g.,
Katarina Rasulic
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Deconstructing English Articles A Construction Grammar Approach To Teaching Articles In English

open access: yesRomanian Journal of English Studies, 2015
The semantics of the articles is crucial for their proper usage in L2 speakers. However, we believe that for their proper acquisition a pairing of concrete form and concrete meaning must take place.
Vujic Jelena
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A Digital Analysis of the “L”-Shaped Tujia Dwellings in Southeast Chongqing Based on Shape Grammar

open access: yesBuildings
The Tujia ethnic group is one of the major ethnic groups in China, with a long history and abundant cultural heritage. As a distinctive architectural style, Tujia dwellings have evolved over thousands of years, developing a wealth of construction ...
Quan Wen   +3 more
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Construction Grammar and Artificial Intelligence

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In this chapter, we argue that it is highly beneficial for the contemporary construction grammarian to have a thorough understanding of the strong relationship between the research fields of construction grammar and artificial intelligence. We start by unravelling the historical links between the two fields, showing that their relationship is rooted in
Katrien Beuls, Paul Van Eecke
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Comparative construction and/or construction of manner from Vuk S. Karadžic to the present [PDF]

open access: yesBaština, 2019
The paper will deal with terminology, (sub) types and the use of comparative and methodical sentences (and constructions) in the past two centuries, from Vuk's first grammar (1814) through the Serbian Dictionaries by Vuk S. Karadžić (I - 1818; II - 1852)
Spasić Nataša A.
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Conversation, Construction Grammar, and cognition [PDF]

open access: yesLanguage and Cognition, 2015
abstractRecent developments in grammatical theory seem to invite an integration of grammar and interaction; nevertheless, there are reservations on both sides. While some of these reservations can be traced to misconceptions, others are deeply rooted in the theoretical premises of each approach.
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Explaining the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint: A usage-based approach

open access: yesConstructions, 2004
In this paper, I propose a frequency-based explanation of the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint, a cross-linguistic generalization that can be formulated as follows: “Combinations of bound pronouns with the roles Recipient and Theme are disfavored if ...
Martin Haspelmath
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Inferential Processes in English and the Question whether English has Modal Particles

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2018
In this paper, we ask whether English pragmatic markers may evoke similar inferential processes in discourse as German modal particles, studying alright/all right, already and then in more detail. Moreover, we investigate whether specific formal features
Fischer Kerstin, Heide Maiken
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