Causative, Agent-Deprofiling, and Resultative Constructions in English and Urdu - A Cognitive-Contrastive Approach

The aim of this book is to provide a comparative analysis of intra- and inter- linguistic features, setting a benchmark for future typological studies. It contrasts cognitive and functional aspects of causative, agent-deprofiling, and resultative constructions in two typologically distant languages: English and Urdu. The detailed nature of the contrastive analysis opens doors for future research on the complexities of each construction and, by extension, of both languages. The study is framed within the field of cognitively-oriented constructionist approaches to language, specifically within the Lexical Constructional Model (LCM), proposed by Ruiz de Mendoza and Mairal. With its cross-linguistic dimension, it develops central aspects of this model at the argument-structure level and provides evidence of the role of high-level metaphor and metonymy in the motivating grammatical phenomena.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Theoretical background - Presenting the Urdu language - Research methodology - The causative construction - The inchoative construction - The middle construction - The resultative construction

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mahum Hayat Khan holds a master's degree in Advanced Studies in the Humanities, and a PhD in English Studies. After completing her doctorate, she secured a position as a full-time junior lecturer at the University of La Rioja, which she has held since September 2023. Since 2020, she has served as an assistant editor of the international journal Review of Cognitive Linguistics.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mahum Hayat Khan
• Mitarbeit: Frank Polzenhagen (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.05.2024
• EAN: 9783631918029
• ISBN: 978-3-631-91802-9
• Seiten: 228
• Abmessung: 148 mm x 20 mm x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 369 g
• Illustration: 17 Abb.
• Serie: DASK - Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft / Duisburg Papers on Research in Language and Culture
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Sonstige Sprachen / Sonstige Literaturen