Danish verb prefixes and the schematizing transitive prefix construction.
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In a constructionist approach to grammar, morphological constructions and clausal constructions may have the same theoretical status as argument structure constructions (e.g., Goldberg, 1995, pp. 22–23; Croft, 2001; Booij, 2010). In this chapter, the author argues that the Danish verb prefixes be- and for-, in addition to verbal derivation, impose a lexeme-independent transitive argument structure construction with three meaning variants. In a large-scale corpus study, a distributional analysis of the prefix construction and its association with verbal base lexemes shows that the two constructional variants have a different semantic profile. While the potential productivity of be- and for- constructions is restricted, authentic examples of creative usage show that all constructional variants are partially productive in present-day Danish.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Constructional approaches to Nordic languages (CAL) |
Editors | Evie Coussé, Steffen Höder, Benjamin Lyngfelt Lyngfelt, Julia Prentice |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Publication date | 2023 |
Pages | 212-246 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789027249302 |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Series | Constructional Approaches to Language |
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Volume | 37 |
ISSN | 1573-594X |
ID: 256902585