Breaking Verbs in French: Two Intransitive Constructions
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In Cognitive Linguistics, meaning resides in conceptual-ization and grammar is seen as being meaningful. Cog-nitive semantics provides an array of well-motivated de-scriptive constructs allowing a revealing description ofsemantic and grammatical structure. The linguist ev-idence sheds light on human conceptual abilities thatneed to be accommodated in models of cognitive pro-cessing.Crucial in a conceptualist semantics is our capacityto conceive and portray the same situation in alternateways, in terms of factors such as prominence, perspec-tive, and the sequence of mental access. Also essentialand pervasive are various imaginative abilities, includ-ing metaphor, blending, fictivity, and mental space con-figurations. These prove especially important for thecharacterization of logical elements.In this presentation, cognitive semantic notions areapplied to coordinate structures with AND and OR.Prominence, fictivity, mental spaces, and sequence ofmental access are among the notions essential to theirconceptual characterization. This provides the basis forthe grammatical description of coordination. Topics tobe discussed include variation in verb agreement, theeffect of using multiple conjunctions, cases where ANDand OR seem interchangeable, and the relation betweencoordination and subordination. Broader theoretical im-plications will also be considered. GESTURE AND CONCEPTUALIZATION
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