Thematic Relations A Study in the Grammar-Cognition Interface /

• Main Author: Perini, Mário A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive grammar.; Cognitive Psychology.; Cognitive Linguistics.

This book presents a proposal to better define thematic relations by exploring the relation between language and cognition. It analyzes the relation between grammatically defined roles such as agent and patient (semantic roles), and elaborate thematic relations (ETRs) actually accessible to language...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• Part I: Grammar and cognition
• 2 Language and cognition
• 3 Semantic role elaboration
• 4 Notes on methodology
• Part II: Valency
• 5 Valency
• 6 The limits of valency
• 7 Assignment by default
• 8 Thematic potential
• 9 Prototypes and prototype rules
• 10 ETRs and semantic roles
• Part III: Descriptive application
• 11 What is a Patient?
• 12 Experiencer, Theme, Goal, and Patient
• 13 Case studies
• 14 Apology of the lexicon
• 15 Results and conclusions.