Stretched Verb Constructions in English

Constructions such as 'make an accusation against', or 'give one's approval for' can be seen as 'stretched' versions of simple verbs, such as 'accuse' or 'approve of'. What is the precise linguistic nature of stretched verbs, and how many basic types are there? What kinds of grammatical connections are involved, and what lexical limits are there on these constructions? What is their precise semantic value? These are some of the questions that this book sets out to answer in its investigation of stretched verb constructions.

List of contents

Part 1: Defining the Field
1. Towards a Definition of 'Kindred Relations'
2. Stretched Elaborated Verb Structures
3. Using Data
Part II: Syntactic Restructuring
1. Syntactic Framework
2. Types of Restructuring
Part III: The Event Phrase
1. Eventive/Agentive Noun Phrases: Their Core
2. Eventive/Agentive Noun Phrases: Modifiers and Qualifiers
3. Agentive Adjective Phrases
Part IV: The Thin Verb
1. The Individual Thin Verbs, Their Meanings and Collocations
2. The Grammatical Meanings of Thin Verbs Part V: The Lexical Status of Stretched Verb Constructions
1. The Semantics Of Stretched Verb Constructions
2. Stretched Verb Constructions and The Lexicon

About the author

D. J. Allerton

Summary

This book investigates the use of constructions such as 'make an accusation against' or 'give one's approval of' which can be seen as 'stretched' versions of simple verbs such as 'accuse' or 'approve of'.

Product details

• Authors: D. J. Allerton, Allerton D. J.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.12.2001
• EAN: 9780415257336
• ISBN: 978-0-415-25733-6
• No. of pages: 318
• Weight: 589 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Literature: history & criticism, Language: history & general works, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literature: history and criticism, Language: history and general works