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Expanding Construction Grammar and Frame Semantics

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Polysemy at different levels: argument<br />

structure constructions <strong>and</strong> verbs<br />

• The idea: constructions may have<br />

particular types of semantic extensions<br />

<strong>and</strong> exhibit polysemy just like verb senses<br />

have extensions (verbal polysemy)<br />

• Caused-motion construction has a central<br />

sense <strong>and</strong> four types of extensions<br />

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