A sisterhood of constructions? A structural priming approach to modelling links in the network of Objoid Constructions

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Tamara Bouso, Marianne Hundt, Laetitia Van Driessche
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A central aim of Construction Grammar is to model links within the construct-i-con. This paper investigates three constructions that share one property: an atypical element in the object slot. The constructions are therefore not prototypically transitive. Structural priming (implemented with an automatic maze variant of self-paced reading) is used to test hypotheses on the relation among the Reaction Objoid (She smiled her thanks), the Cognate Objoid (She smiled a sweet smile or He told a sly tale), and the Superlative Objoid (She smiled her sweetest) Construction, and between two variants of the latter (They worked (at) their hardest). Results support transitivity as gradient: intransitive COCs prime the ROC and the SOC, whereas COCs with transitives only prime the ROC. For variants of the SOC, we find evidence of asymmetric priming with the bare SOC priming the at-SOC. Within-construction priming effects in the SOC are of greater magnitude than those with the at-SOC and the latter are weaker than those of the COC and of a rather different nature than those from the ROC. This suggests that speakers, rather than creating a constructeme between the bare and the at-SOC, store distinct but closely related constructions on a cline of transitivity.
结构的姊妹关系?用结构引物法模拟奥布乔德构词法网络中的链接
构式语法的一个核心目标是为构式-i-构式中的链接建模。本文研究的三个构式都有一个共同特点:宾语槽中有一个非典型元素。因此,这些构式并非原型意义上的传递式构式。本文使用结构引理(通过自动迷宫变体的自定进度阅读实现)来检验反应型 Objoid(她笑着道谢)、同义型 Objoid(她笑得很甜或他讲了一个狡猾的故事)和超标型 Objoid(她笑得最甜)结构之间的关系,以及后者的两个变体(他们最努力地工作)之间的关系。结果支持转折性作为梯度:不及物动词 COC 在 ROC 和 SOC 中起首要作用,而带有转折性的 COC 只在 ROC 中起首要作用。对于 SOC 的变体,我们发现了非对称引物的证据,裸 SOC 引出了 at SOC。SOC 中的结构内引物效应比 at-SOC 中的引物效应更大,后者比 COC 中的引物效应更弱,性质也与 ROC 中的引物效应截然不同。这表明,说话者不是在裸构词和 at-SOC 之间建立构词法,而是在反义性的线索上储存不同但密切相关的构词法。
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期刊介绍: Cognitive Linguistics presents a forum for linguistic research of all kinds on the interaction between language and cognition. The journal focuses on language as an instrument for organizing, processing and conveying information. Cognitive Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope and seeks to publish only works that represent a significant advancement to the theory or methods of cognitive linguistics, or that present an unknown or understudied phenomenon. Topics the structural characteristics of natural language categorization (such as prototypicality, cognitive models, metaphor, and imagery); the functional principles of linguistic organization, as illustrated by iconicity; the conceptual interface between syntax and semantics; the experiential background of language-in-use, including the cultural background; the relationship between language and thought, including matters of universality and language specificity.
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