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Abstract
This paper explores 'the evaluative noget construction' in Danish. The construction consists of noget 'something' juxtaposed by a noun in an evaluative frame such as e.g. Det er noget pjat, 'It's nonsense'. With a starting point in cross-linguistic studies on something, the paper moves on toexplore core members of this evaluative class in Danish, providing a detailed semantic analysis of the construction's core configurations. The affordance of noget 'something' to mean 'something bad'is a key to understanding the construction, and from this general premise the class of evaluatives take off in multiple negative directions, providing a snapshot of the Danish linguaculture of evaluation. The paper argues for a Cultural Construction Grammar that can bring together the lexicogrammatical integrationism of construction grammar approaches with the linguacultural holism of the research in ethnosyntax. The goal is to provide high-definition analysis of complex, language-specific constructions in a simple, globally translatable metalanguage.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Nordic Journal of Linguistics |
Vol/bind | 44 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Sider (fra-til) | 3-24 |
Antal sider | 22 |
ISSN | 0332-5865 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 1 maj 2021 |
Emneord
- construction grammar
- evaluation
- Danish
- semantics
- ethnosyntax
- cross-linguistic analysis
- evaluative language
- Danish language
- metalinguistics
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Noget skidt, noget bras, noget underligt noget: Mod en samtidsdansk abjektionsgrammatik [Towards a Danish Grammar of Abjection]
Levisen, C. (Oplægsholder)
4 feb. 2020Aktivitet: Tale eller præsentation › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag