New Perspectives on Argument Structure in Functional Grammar / / ed. by Ricardo Mairal Usón, María Jesús Pérez Quintero.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Arista, Javier Martin,; Bakker, Dik,; Briones, Rocío Jiménez,; Butler, Chris,; Cortés Rodríguez, Francisco José,; González Orta, Marta María,; Hengeveld, Kees,; Hernández, Chantal Pérez,; Mackenzie, J. Lachlan,; Ortiz, Antonio Moreno,; Pérez Quintero, María Jesús,; Rambaud, Margarita Goded,; Siewierska, Anna,; Velasco, Daniel Garcia,
• HerausgeberIn: Mairal Usón, Ricardo,; Pérez Quintero, María Jesús,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Reprint 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Functional Grammar Series [FGS] , 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (355 p.)

The present monograph deals with lexical representation and linking within the framework of Functional Grammar. The notion of predicate frame as originally proposed in 1978 and subsequent refinements of the theory are challenged in that a new format of representing argument taking properties is form...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• The predicate in Functional Grammar
• Do we need predicate frames?
• Adpositions, the lexicon and expression rules
• Ontological Semantics and lexical templates: Mowing the grass from the other side of the fence
• On the syntax-semantics interface in word formation: The case of English -er nominalizations
• Catching a glimpse of linguistic reality: Modelling the complexity of CATCH in the Functional Lexematic Model
• Lexical templates and syntactic variation: The syntax-semantics interface of the Old English speech verb secgan
• Lexical-semantic explorations in English verbs of physical contact: Iconicity and linguistic representations
• Another look at second and third arguments
• Index of subjects
• Functional Grammar Series