TY  - BOOK
AU  - Delbecque, Nicole /
AU  - Cornillie, Bert
TI  - On interpreting construction schemas : : from action and motion to transitivity and causality 
T2  - Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 198 
SN  - 9783110198652
U1  - 415.6 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Berlin ; New York 
PB  - : Mouton de Gruyter
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb phrase
N1  - index
N2  - This volume addresses the constructional variability with transitive and causative verbs from the point of view of their respective action and motion patterns. Drawing on the theoretical advances registered in cognitive approaches to language (Cognitive Grammar, Construction Grammar and space semantics), the papers substantiate new interpretations and adduce empirical evidence from various languages to refine or adjust existing analyses of transitivity and causation. The different contributions all address the crucial question of how concrete and abstract notions of human behavior drive Lingui
ER  -