| Автор | IWATA, SEIZI |
| Дата выпуска | 2004 |
| dc.description | Verbs prefixed with over-exhibit varied subcategorization changes from the base verbs (load hay onto the wagon/$^{*}$overload hay onto the wagon, eat an apple/$^{*}$?overeat apples, $^{*}$sleep his appointment/oversleep his appointment, etc.), which seem to defy a principled explanation. This article argues that the apparently puzzling behaviors of over-verbs can be coherently accounted for within the framework of construction grammar.Over-verbs, in the excess sense, divide into those involving a container-based understanding and those involving a scale-based understanding. Over-verbs involving a container-based understanding (e.g. overload) differ from their base verbs as to the force transmission in a causal chain. Accordingly, those over-verbs are sanctioned by a different verb-class-specific construction from that which sanctions their base verbs. But over-verbs involving a scale-based understanding (e.g. overheat) are unchanged from their base verbs as to the force transmission, and hence as to the syntactic frame.On the other hand, over-verbs in the spatial sense (e.g. overfly) are sanctioned by a ‘landmark’-based construction, a construction that does not have to do with force transmission. And some excess over-verbs (e.g. oversleep) are also sanctioned by this verb-class-specific construction.The proposed account pays close attention to both verbs and constructions. A verbʼs occurrence in a particular syntactic frame can be explained by claiming that that verb can be sanctioned by a particular verb-class-specific construction, irrespective of whether the verb is morphologically simple or complex. But in order to explain why that verb can be sanctioned by that construction at all, a detailed analysis of verb meanings is called for. In this sense, the proposed analysis is both lexical and constructional. |
| Издатель | Cambridge University Press |
| Название | Over-prefixation: a lexical constructional approachIʼd like to express my gratitude to Ian Richards, who both acted as an informant and suggested stylistic improvements. I am also indebted to the editor Bas Aarts and two anonymous reviewers, whose comments helped me to greatly improve this paper. Special thanks go to Tony Higgins and Ramon Escamilla for acting as informants. Lastly, Iʼd like to thank Fumiyo, Ai Rin, and Ken for their moral support during the preparation of this article. This work is financially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), No. 15520315, 2003–2005 from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. |
| DOI | 10.1017/S1360674304001388 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1469-4379 |
| Print ISSN | 1360-6743 |
| Журнал | English Language and Linguistics |
| Том | 8 |
| Первая страница | 239 |
| Последняя страница | 292 |
| Аффилиация | IWATA SEIZI; Osaka City University |
| Выпуск | 2 |
