Dedication

Preface

List of abbreviations

1 Theoretical Foundations

1.1 Linguistic signs and constructions

1.2 Inheritance network of constructions

1.3 Why constructions?

1.3.1 Constructional meaning

1.3.2 No core and peripheral distinction

1.3.3 Extraordinary creativity and productivity

1.4 Sign-Based Construction Grammar

1.4.1 Basic architecture: Linguistic objects, modelling, and descrip-

tions

1.4.2 Lexical signs

1.4.3 Phrasal constructions and combinatorial rules

1.4.4 Compositional semantics

1.4.5 Semantic composition and constructional meaning

1.5 Conclusion

2 Mapping between Form and Function

2.1 Mismatches among grammatical components

2.1.1 Extended notion of sign and isomorphic relations

2.1.2 Non-isomorphic mappings: complexity and content mismatch

2.2 Grammatical categories and functions

2.3 Grammatical categories and meaning

2.4 Form and meaning in raising

2.5 Form and meaning in binominal NPs

2.6 More on mismatch phenomena in grammar 63

2.7 Conclusion

3 Simple and Complex NP Constructions

3.1 NP structures

3.1.1 NP vs. DP hypothesis

3.1.2 Clausal properties of nominals

3.2 Agreement phenomena

3.2.1 Agreement features

3.2.2 Configurational and constraint-based views

3.2.3 Against purely syntactic or semantic agreement

3.3 A construction-based approach

3.3.1 Hybrid agreement

3.3.2 Determiner-head agreement

3.3.3 Subject-verb agreement

3.3.4 Agreement in coordination

3.4 Partitive constructions

3.4.1 Partitive vs. pseudopartitive

3.4.2 Two subtypes

3.4.3 Welcome consequences

3.5 Pseudo-partitive constructions

3.5.1 Issues in simple syntactic structures

3.5.2 Pseudo-partitives with a measure noun

3.5.3 Pseudo-partitives with a quantity noun

3.5.4 Pseudo-partitives with a collective noun

3.6 Conclusion

4 Verb-Particle Constructions

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Basic grammatical properties

4.2.1 Syntactic patterns

4.2.2 Semantic patterns: compositional vs. idiomatic

4.3 Previous analyses

4.3.1 Transformational analyses

4.3.2 Ternary structure analyses

4.3.3 Small clause analyses

4.3.4 Compound analyses

4.4 A construction-based analysis

4.4.1 Verb-particle sequence as a verb-complex construction

4.4.2 Predicative vs. non-predicative constructions

4.4.3 Extensions of the argument structure constructions

4.4.4 Interacting with information structure

4.5 Conclusion

5 VP Ellipsis and Fronting

5.1 Introduction

5.2 General properties

5.3 Invisible syntactic structures?

5.4 A construction-based analysis

5.5 Antecedent identification and mismatches

5.6 VPE in other environments

5.6.1 VPE with negation

5.6.2 VPE in infinitival clauses

5.7 VP fronting

5.8 Conclusion

6 Free Relative Clause Constructions

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Free relatives and interrogatives

6.3 Externally nominal and internally clausal properties

6.4 Matching effects

6.5 Mismatching effects

6.6 Previous analyses

6.7 A construction-based analysis

6.7.1 Key points of the analysis

6.7.2 Capturing mismatching effects

6.8 Transparent free relative clause

6.8.1 Some key properties

6.8.2 Previous analyses

6.8.3 A construction-based analysis

6.8.4 Welcome consequences

6.9 Conclusion

7 Extraposition Constructions

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Basic properties

7.2.1 Subject extraposition

7.2.2 Object extraposition

7.3 Movement analyses

7.3.1 For subject extraposition

7.3.2 For object extraposition

7.4 A construction-based analysis

7.4.1 Generalizations over lexical classes

7.4.2 Constructional regularities and subject extraposition

7.4.3 Variations in object extraposition

7.4.4 Some further consequences and predictions

7.5 Adjunct extraposition

7.6 Conclusion

8 Cleft Constructions

8.1 Prototypical and non-prototypical clefts

8.2 Key syntactic properties

8.2.1 It-clefts

8.2.2 Pseudo-clefts

8.2.3 Inverted pseudo-clefts

8.3 Semantics/pragmatics and information structure

8.4 Movement-based perspective

8.4.1 Extraposition analysis

8.4.2 Expletive analyses

8.5 Non-derivational perspective

8.5.1 Expletive analysis

8.5.2 Extraposition analysis 2

8.6 A construction-based analysis

8.6.1 Clefts as a family of copular constructions

8.6.2 It-clefts

8.6.3 Pseudo-clefts

8.6.4 Inverted pseudo-clefts

8.7 Non-prototypical clefts

8.7.1 Inferential clefts

8.7.2 There-clefts

8.7.3 All/Th-clefts

8.8 Conclusion

9 Locative Inversion

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Properties of the preverbal PP

9.2.1 Subject properties

9.2.2 Topic properties

9.3 Properties of the postverbal NP

9.3.1 Subject properties

9.3.2 Object properties

9.3.3 Focus properties

9.3.4 Root phenomena properties

9.4 Derivation-based previous analyses

9.4.1 Topicalization approaches

9.4.2 Unaccusative approaches

9.4.3 Expletive approaches

9.5 Previous non-derivational approaches

9.6 A construction-based approach

9.6.1 Constraints on the mapping relation

9.6.2 Constructional constraints and consequences

9.7 Conclusion

10 Comparative Correlative Construction

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Grammatical properties of the construction

10.2.1 Morphosyntactic properties

10.2.2 Subordination properties

10.2.3 Coordination properties

10.3 Previous approaches

10.3.1 Derivational approaches

10.3.2 Non-derivational analyses

10.4 Lexical and constructional properties

10.4.1 Forming the-comparative phrases

10.4.2 Forming (comparative) correlative constructions

10.4.3 Welcome consequences and further issues

10.5 Conclusion

11 Conclusions and Prospects

11.1 Objectives and key points of the book

11.2 More on nominals: Apposition constructions

11.2.1 Loose apposition

11.2.2 Close apposition

11.3 More on inversion constructions

11.3.1 Predicate inversion

11.3.2 Negative inversion

11.4 More on elliptical constructions

11.4.1 Sluicing

11.4.2 Fragment answers

11.4.3 (Why)-Stripping

11.5 Concluding remarks

Appendix

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