The English Change Network

Chapter 1 Introduction

1. Two constructions
1.1 The resultative construction
1.2 The at-construction
1.3 The notion of change

2. Cognitive Grammar
2.1. Basic assumptions
2.2. Predication
2.3. Composite structures

3. Preview


Chapter 2 Resultative constructions and change constructions

1. Resultative constructions and phrases
1.1. Transitive resultative constructions
1.2. Intransitive resultative constructions
1.3. Conceptual distance
1.4. Paraphrases for the resultative construction
1.5. Summary

2. The billiard-ball model
2.1. The syntactic realisation of the resultative phrase
2.2. States and positions
2.3. Reverse causal ordering
2.4. Causality and manipulable entities
2.5. A first schematic representation
2.6. Summary

3. The change phrase
3.1. A host of constructions
3.2. Sublexical change
3.3. LIKE change constructions
3.4. Emission verbs
3.5. Summary

4. Conclusion


Chapter 3 Asymmetric resultatives and the change complex

1. Transitivity
1.1. A preliminary analysis based on Levin and Rappaport Hovav (1995)
1.2. The direct object restriction
1.3. Some problematic data
1.4. Summary

2. Summary
2.1. Allative and ablative prepositions
2.2. Prepositions in the change complex
2.3. The problematic examples
2.4. Summary

3. Impossible combinations
3.1. An aesthetic paradox
3.2. Affectedness and objectivity: When properties are not in the eye of the beholder
3.3. Goldberg's (1995) Unique Path Constraint

4. Conclusion


Chapter 4 Motion and idiosyncrasy

1. The motion scenario
1.1. The motion scenario is evoked by the onstruction
1.2. The motion scenario is evoked by the verb
1.3. Summary

2. Tight links and information retrieval
2.1. Transitivity and motion
2.2. Linking events

Cristiano Broccias teaches at the Universities of Genova and Pavia, Italy.