The English change network

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This work explores various constructions in language, particularly focusing on resultative and change constructions. It begins with an introduction to cognitive grammar, outlining basic assumptions, predication, and composite structures. Subsequent chapters delve into resultative constructions, analyzing transitive and intransitive forms, conceptual distance, and paraphrases. The billiard-ball model is introduced to examine syntactic realizations, states, and causal ordering. The change phrase is also discussed, highlighting various constructions and sublexical changes. Asymmetric resultatives are analyzed through transitivity, addressing direct object restrictions and problematic data. The text examines impossible combinations, aesthetic paradoxes, and the Unique Path Constraint. The relationship between motion and idiosyncrasy is explored, emphasizing how motion scenarios are evoked by constructions and verbs, alongside discussions on transitivity and linking events. Further chapters introduce the Force Change Schema and the Event Change Schema, detailing their components, temporal aspects, and the implications for verb classes. The exploration of at-constructions includes the conative alternation and various schemas related to translational motion and contact. The work concludes with a synthesis of findings, providing insights into the complexities of linguistic constructions and their cognitive underpinnings.