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Beyond Alternations

A Constructional Model of the German Applicative Pattern

by Laura A. Michaelis, Josef Ruppenhofer ยท 2001

ISBN: 1575863308 9781575863306

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation

Page count: 138

<i>Beyond Alternations</i> provides a unified account of the semantic effects of the German applicative ("be-") construction. Using natural data from a variety<br> of corpora, the authors propose that this pattern is inherently meaningful and that its meaning provides the basis for creative extensions.