Raising and Transparency

An account of the phenomena that transformational syntax handled by means of "raising" is formulated in the context of cognitive grammar. Raising is analyzed as a special case of the metonymy that relational expressions exhibit in regard to their choice of overtly coded arguments. The tran...

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Published inLanguage (Baltimore) Vol. 71; no. 1; p. 1
Main Author Langacker, Ronald W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.03.1995
Subjects
Cognitive Structures
Linguistic Theory
Phrase Structure
Semantics
Sentence Structure
Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Transformational Generative Grammar
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Summary:An account of the phenomena that transformational syntax handled by means of "raising" is formulated in the context of cognitive grammar. Raising is analyzed as a special case of the metonymy that relational expressions exhibit in regard to their choice of overtly coded arguments. The transparency of these constructions is explained. (83 references) (Author/CK)
ISSN:0097-8507
DOI:10.2307/415962