Discourse Constructions in English

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-6

3. From Discourse Markers to Construction Grammar(s) in Discourse

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   Pages 7-38

4. Research Methodology

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   Pages 39-47

5. Complementary Alternation Constructions

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   Pages 49-73

6. Complementary Contrastive Constructions

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   Pages 75-120

7. Contrast Constructions

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   Pages 121-154

8. Conclusions

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   Pages 155-158

9. Back Matter

   Pages 159-164

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This book emphasizes the advantages of examining discourse connectivity from a constructionist perspective and highlights the role of discourse configurations in the construction of meaning. The research contained advances the field of cognitive classification and categorization of discourse constructions. The text is a great improvement in the discourse analysis literature, since it uniquely clarifies the subtleties of meaning between different discourse markers that are frequently treated as equivalent by lexicographers. It is unique in being the first contribution to the creation of a Constructicon at the discourse level and it fills an important gap within cognitively oriented constructionist accounts that have mostly restricted their analyses to argument-structure and illocutionary constructions. This yearbook appeals to students and researchers working within corpus linguistics.

• Construction Grammar
• Discourse construction classification
• Complementary alternation
• Contrast constructions
• Meaning Base
• Meaning Profile
• Corpus Linguistics

“The book will most especially be useful to compilers of thesauruses, given the focus on families of constructions. … Discourse Constructions in English enriches our understanding of Lexical Constructional Model and discourse connectivity. It will inspire much further work on nuances among licensing factors for connective constructions.” (Elizabeth Closs Traugott, English Language & Linguistics, March 9, 2023)

• Modern Philologies, Faculty of Letters and Education, Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain

  Aneider Iza Erviti

Aneider Iza Erviti graduated in Teacher Training with a specialization in Foreign Language Teaching at the Public University of Navarra (Spain) in 2005. After working as a foreign language teacher for the Spanish Department of Education she graduated in English Studies at the University of La Rioja (Spain) in 2011. The following year she finished her M.A. in Linguistic Studies in June, and in July 2017 she defended her doctoral dissertation obtaining the maximum qualification.

She is a research member of GRISSU (Grupo Riojano de Investigación en Semántica, Sintaxis y Uso del Lenguaje). Over the last decade she has participated in a number of research projects focusing on Construction Grammar (research projects FFI2010-17610, FFI2013-43593-P) and on the development of an interlingual analytical database (research project FFI2017-82730-P by Spanish Government).

She serves on the scientific boards of journals such as Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas or Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica, where she has also been Secretary (from 2017 to 2019) and Editor (years 2019 and 2020). She is also Editor of the Bibliography of Metaphor and Metonymy and Assistant Editor of the Review of Cognitive Linguistics journal.

She has participated in numerous international linguistic conferences across Europe (AESLA, ICLC, IPrA, etc.) and in 2018 she obtained the XXI AESLA Research Award in the Young Researchers category.

She has been a Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Letters and Education, University of La Rioja, Spain, since 2015, teaching at both undergraduate and graduate levels. At the moment, she continues teaching different subjects related to the English language.

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