This chapter highlights the fundamental assumptions shared by all constructionist
approaches, distinguishing them from mainstream generative grammar. In particular …

English resultative expressions have been a major focus of research on the syntax-
semantics interface. We argue in this article that a family of related constructions is required …

This book is a considerably revised version of my 2004 doctoral dissertation from the
university of Nijmegen, entitled Transitivity: from semantics to structure. Everything stated in …

Meaning and the Lexicon brings together 35 years of pathbreaking work on language by
Ray Jackendoff. It traces the development of his Parallel Architecture, in which phonology …

This study aims to open up new perspectives on the development and modern use of
Germanic future constructions such as English be going to or German werden. Previous …

Current syntactic accounts of English resultatives are based on the assumption that result
XPs are predicated of underlying direct objects. This assumption has helped to explain the …

Nonstative verbs from various lexical fields are often classified as either manner or result
verbs—a distinction implicated in language acquisition (Behrend 1990, Gentner 1978 …

Language can be seen as responsive, in some degree, to the demands that are placed on it
by its users. The question is how far this responsiveness goes. Is grammar implicated, or …

A common diagnostic for distinguishing between arguments and adjuncts is obligatoriness/
optionality: as a rule of thumb, arguments are obligatory and adjuncts are optional. However …

essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …