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The Meaning of Particle/prefix Constructions in German
Robert B. Dewell
出版
John Benjamins Publishing
, 2011
主題
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
ISBN
9789027223883
9027223882
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dZRQIlPisKQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This is really two books in one: a valuable reference resource, and a groundbreaking case study that represents a new approach to constructional semantics. It presents a detailed descriptive survey, using extensive examples collected from the Internet, of German verb constructions in which the expressions
durch
('through'),
über
('over'),
unter
('under'), and
um
('around') occur either as inseparable verb prefixes or as separable verb particles. Based on that evidence, the author argues that the prefixed verb constructions and particle verb constructions themselves have meaning, and that this meaning involves subjective construal processes rather than objective information. The constructions prompt us to distribute focal attention according to patterns that can be articulated in terms of Talmy's notion of perspectival modes. Among the other topics that play an important role in the analysis are incremental themes, reflexive trajectors, fictive motion, multi-directional paths, and accusative landmarks.