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From: Paul Peranteau [paul at benjamins.com]
Subject: The Meaning of Particle / Prefix Constructions in German: Dewell


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From: Paul Peranteau [paul at benjamins.com]
Subject: The Meaning of Particle / Prefix Constructions in German: Dewell

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Title: The Meaning of Particle / Prefix Constructions in German 
Series Title: Human Cognitive Processing 34  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/hcp.34 


Author: Robert B. Dewell

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027283658 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027283658 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027223883 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027223883 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027223883 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 100.70


Abstract:

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". 



Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): German (deu)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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