A constructional account of subject extraposition
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Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage
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Testing the Principle of No Synonymy across levels of abstraction
A constructional account of subject extraposition
A constructional account of subject extraposition
Author(s) :
Laporte, Samantha [Auteur]
Université de Lille
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Larsson, Tove [Auteur]
Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff]
Goulart, Larissa [Auteur]
Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff]
Université de Lille
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Larsson, Tove [Auteur]
Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff]
Goulart, Larissa [Auteur]
Northern Arizona University [Flagstaff]
Journal title :
Constructions and Frames
Pages :
230-262
Publisher :
John Benjamins
Publication date :
2021
ISSN :
1876-1933
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique
English abstract : [en]
This corpus-based study tests the Principle of No Synonymy across levels of abstraction by examining the syntactic realizations of subject extraposition (e.g., it is important to, it seems that ), and by investigating at ...
Show more >This corpus-based study tests the Principle of No Synonymy across levels of abstraction by examining the syntactic realizations of subject extraposition (e.g., it is important to, it seems that ), and by investigating at which level(s) of formal description a difference in form also entails a difference in function. The results show that distinct pairs of form and function, i.e. constructions, can be found at different levels of abstraction, but that these constructions also subsume formal realization patterns that do not encode a difference in function. This suggests that the Principle of No Synonymy largely breaks down at low levels of formal description. The study also offers a constructional account of subject extraposition by identifying a number of subject extraposition constructions, thereby showing that this is a syntactic phenomenon that is best analyzed as a family of constructions.Show less >
Show more >This corpus-based study tests the Principle of No Synonymy across levels of abstraction by examining the syntactic realizations of subject extraposition (e.g., it is important to, it seems that ), and by investigating at which level(s) of formal description a difference in form also entails a difference in function. The results show that distinct pairs of form and function, i.e. constructions, can be found at different levels of abstraction, but that these constructions also subsume formal realization patterns that do not encode a difference in function. This suggests that the Principle of No Synonymy largely breaks down at low levels of formal description. The study also offers a constructional account of subject extraposition by identifying a number of subject extraposition constructions, thereby showing that this is a syntactic phenomenon that is best analyzed as a family of constructions.Show less >
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Anglais
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