Overview

Complementation, i.e. predication encoded in argument slots, is well-renowned for its syntactic and semantic variability across languages. As such, it poses a tantalizing descriptive/explanatory challenge to linguists of any theoretical persuasion. Recent developments in Cognitive and Functional-typological linguistics have enabled researchers to address various unexplored research questions on complementation phenomena. The seven papers included in this volume represent the most recent endeavors to explore cognitive-functional foundations of complementation phenomena from various theoretical perspectives (Cognitive Grammar, Mental Space Theory, Typology, Discourse-functional linguistics, Cognitive Science). The seven papers are prefaced by an introductory chapter (Kaoru Horie and Bernard Comrie) which situates the current volume within the major complementation studies of the past forty years. This work presents a new theoretical venue of complementation studies and enhances our understanding of this complex yet intriguing syntactic and semantic phenomenon.

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Author:   Kaoru Horie (Tohoku University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   1
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9789027238863

ISBN 10:   9027238863
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   15 November 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction (by Horie, Kaoru); 2. Complementation in Japanese and Korean: A contrastive and cognitive linguistic approach (by Horie, Kaoru); 3. De dicto complementation in Japanese (by Suzuki, Satoko); 4. Variation in Complementation Constructions: Long-Distance Agreement in Tsez (by Polinsky, Maria); 5. Construal and Complementation in French: The Perspective Dimension (by Achard, Michel); 6. Nominalization as complementation in Bella Coola and Lushootseed (by Beck, David); 7. Cognitive constraints on complement clause cliticization in Spanish (by Delbecque, Nicole); 8. Iconicity in English complement constructions: Conceptual distance and cognitive processing levels (by Verspoor, Marjolijn); 9. Glossary; 10. Name index; 11. Subject index

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[...] an example of how cognitive and functional convergence can contribute to the exploration of complementation [...]. -- Jurgen Jaspers, Pragmatics, Vol. 11, No. 3

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