The metaphoric motivation of the caused-motion construction: A case study of perception

Authors

  • Nuria Del Campo Martínez University of La Rioja
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes/2013/1/154501
Keywords: caused-motion construction, Lexical Constructional Model, high-level metaphor, lexical-constructional subsumption, verbs of perception

Abstract

This article addresses the caused-motion construction from the theoretical perspective of the Lexical Constructional Model (LCM). Within the LCM, the way in which lexical templates fuse with constructional templates is coerced by internal and external constraints. Internal constraints specify the conditions under which allow predicates to take part in a construction. External constraints take the form of high-level metaphoric and metonymic operations that affect lexical-constructional subsumption. This proposal makes use of the theoretical tools of the LCM with a view to exploring instantiations of the construction with verbs of perception. Apart from internal constraints, high-level metaphor will be found to play a prominent role in the construal of the examples under scrutiny. The study will suffice to point out that the semantics of the caused-motion construction needs to be understood with reference to the underlying metaphoric mappings.

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Author Biography

Nuria Del Campo Martínez, University of La Rioja

Nuria del Campo Martínez has recently obtained her Ph.D. with a thesis on the constructional nature of illocutionary meaning. Her research focuses on pragmatics from a functional-cognitive perspectives. She is an active member of the LEXICOM Research Group. She has participated with oral presentations in numerous international conferences, trainings and workshops on Cognitive Linguistics. She has published papers on aspects of cognitive and functional semantics in journals such as Review of Cognitive Linguistics and Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics.
Published
01-04-2013
How to Cite
Del Campo Martínez, N. (2013). The metaphoric motivation of the caused-motion construction: A case study of perception. International Journal of English Studies, 13(1), 89–110. https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes/2013/1/154501
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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2013): Open Issue
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