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De aan-constructie in het 17de-eeuwse Nederlands: een semasiologische studie Ghent University
The Dutch aan-construction (e.g. Hij gaf een bos bloemen aan zijn vrouw „He gave a bouquet to his wife‟), the prepositional alternative for the double object construction (Hij gaf zijn vrouw een bos bloemen „He gave his wife a bouquet‟), is a post Middle Dutch innovation (i.e. after 1500 AD). The precise details of the rise of the aan-construction remain, however, understudied. It is for example unclear whether the construction really breaks ...
Se (re) trouver dans tous ses états U+2026 attributifs : sens et constructions Ghent University University of Antwerp
El porqué de la decena de verbos pseudo-copulativos de cambio en español. Hacia una aclaración cognitiva y funcional KU Leuven
In Spanish a dozen verbs can be used as pseudo-copula to express a change-of-state. An in-depth analysis is needed to know their distribution and to gain insights into the conceptual differences that determine the verb choice. The project is not limited to the aspectual restrictions on the verb and the lexical semantics of the attribute, but aims at offering a full-fledged description of the variation potential of the subject as well as of the ...
Combinatorial Productivity of Spanish Verbal Periphrases as an Indicator of Their Degree of Grammaticalization KU Leuven
Studies on the constitution of the Spanish periphrastic system show that there is a great ease with which verbal periphrases admit different lexical items in the second verb slot as they go through their grammaticalization process. However, it has not been sufficiently explored whether the evolution of combinatorial patterns in near-synonymous periphrases follows similar grammati-calization paths. Adopting a constructionist, usage-based ...
Predicational and (quasi-)specificational constructions with fronted adjectival predicates in French(1) University of Antwerp Ghent University
This paper deals with fronting of predicative adjectives (e.g., Big was his surprise) in French. From the present-day usage emerge two main constructions, both with their own surface forms and syntactic, semantic and information-structural properties. The first one, CxA, is a quasi-specificational copular construction, with narrow focus on the post-copular subject. The second one is a predicational copular construction, though with inverted word ...
German modals in second language acquisition: a constructionist approach University of Antwerp
Descriptions of modal verbs in learner grammars often evoke quite abstract semantic categories (focusing on dynamic, deontic and epistemic modality) in generalized usage contexts. Yet, in concrete utterances, modal verbs not only serve highly specific pragmatic and discourse-structural functions, but can also be shown to occur in (quasi-)formulaic sequences with specific lexical elements. These more idiosyncratic functional and formal properties ...
Comment dissocier des locutions prépositives quasi-synonymiques?: essai d'analyse collostructionnelle Ghent University
Degrees of mirativity KU Leuven
© John Benjamins Publishing Company. This paper studies degrees of mirativity as grammaticalised in the Indo-Aryan language Odia by four light verb constructions, asymmetric complex predicates combining a lexical verb with a (partially) bleached light verb. As such, these light verb constructions can be considered non-parasitic expressions of mirativity. The present paper adds a number of important new insights to the discussion of mirativity. ...