Katena und Konstruktion: Ein Vorschlag zu einer dependenziellen Konstruktionsgrammatik

• Main Authors: Groß Thomas, Osborne Timothy
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: De Gruyter 2013-05-01
• Series: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft
• Subjects: catena; construction gammar; constructions; constructs; dependency grammar; morph catena
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/zfs-2013-0002

The paper claims that a marriage of the Dependency Grammar (DG) understanding of word and sentence structure with the axioms of Construction Grammar is possible and desirable. The catena unit – the validity of which has been established in syntax – is extended to morphosyntax. In syntax, a word catena is defined as a word or a combination of words that is continuous with respect to dominance. This definition is extended to morphosyntax, where a morph catena is defined analogously as a morph or a combination of morphs that is continuous with respect to dominance. The validity and utility of the catena concept for construction grammars is demonstrated in a particular area, namely regarding the functional meanings expressed by periphrastic verb chains (e.g. modality, aspect, and voice). The morph combinations (= the constructs) that express these functional meanings form morph catenae.