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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.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Nordic Journal of Linguistics |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 3-24 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISSN | 0332-5865 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2021 |
Keywords
- construction grammar
- evaluation
- Danish
- semantics
- ethnosyntax
- cross-linguistic analysis
- evaluative language
- Danish language
- metalinguistics
Activities
- 1 Lecture and oral contribution
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Noget skidt, noget bras, noget underligt noget: Mod en samtidsdansk abjektionsgrammatik [Towards a Danish Grammar of Abjection]
Carsten Levisen (Speaker)
4 Feb 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution