This article uses frame semantics, the concept of a communicative frame, us-age-based construction grammar theory, and a corpus-based quantitative methodology to examine the characteristics of constructions in Polish that contain adverbial complements (ACs), the noun rzecz ‘thing’, and the quasi-participle ujmując ‘expressing/putting’. The author analyzes examples of this construction found in the National Corpus of Polish (NKJP) to understand its structural, semantic, distributional, and discourse-related features. In addition, the study identifies ACs that are strongly and weakly associated with this construction, and those that are more or less dependent on it. The research shows that this construction is often combined with various categories of ACs, each corresponding to distinct semantic and communicative frames. Furthermore, it has been observed that this construction is motivated by a specific conceptual metaphor, appears in different language registers, takes various forms, and serves multiple functions in discourse.
The article is devoted to a comparative study of such interplicate final concepts as PURPOSE, CONDITION, and CONCESSION. The purpose of the work is to identify the features of the representation of the concepts of PURPOSE, CONDITION, and CONCESSION in Russian and Chuvash linguistic worldviews. The scientific novelty of...
L. V. Borisova, Alexey Rafailovich Gubanov, Yuriy Nikolaevich Isaev· Philology. Theory & Prac...· 0 citations
The Japanese adverb chotto is commonly introduced as a scalar expression meaning ‘a little’, ‘slightly’, or ‘for a short while’. In actual use, however, it also performs a range of pragmatic functions. Speakers may use it to attract attention, maintain a conversational turn, reduce the directness of a request, signal h...
N. Anh, N. Anh· INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOC...· 0 citations
This study examines the syntactic and semantic characteristics of the Modern Chinese V起来AP construction based on 247 example sentences collected from the BCC Literary Corpus.Syntactically, this construction primarily exhibits the characteristics of a middle construction, where a theme (patient) subject combines with...
Shinhye Choi· Korea Association of Chinese...· 0 citations
ABSTRACT This article aims to reflect on the functioning of generative language tools, based on the theoretical-methodological framework of materialist discourse analysis, founded on the propositions of Michel Pêcheux. Taking as a starting point the (re)reading of Pêcheux’s work, focusing on the notions of language, su...
S. Silva, R. Freitas, C. Carneiro· Bakhtiniana: Revista de Estu...· 0 citations
This article examines the linguistic change undergone by the verb
valer
, which gave rise to the pragmatic marker
vale
(‘ok’). On the one hand, it seeks to identify the context(s) in which the construction was coopted and explore the relational links (Traugott & Trousdale, 2013). On the other, it aims to clarif...
Ana Belén Llopis Cardona· International Review of Prag...· 0 citations
