The case of VP Idioms
The case of VP Idioms The case of VP Idioms
3. Phrasal Idioms as Lexical versus Syntactic Units: A Solution to a (Pseudo) Problem Grammar Regularity Predictability Rule-governed Processes Computation Lexicon Irregularity/Idiosyncracy Arbitrariness Unit Access & Retrieval Storage Anomalies Suppletive inflection (e.g., go : went) “Productive” derivation (e.g., caritative -less, -tOn) syntactic freezes, collocations, constructions phrasal verbs like shut up, put down phrasal idioms like kick the bucket, spill the beans constructions like [twist]ing the [night] away 14
3.1 Phrasal Idioms As Lexical Expressions Anomalies a. Idiomatic words are not paradigmatically free units (“words”). kick the bucket may mean ‘die’, while punt the bucket and kick the pail may not (?). b. Idiomatic interpretation is holistic. c. Idiomatic (content) words do not carry their literal readings d. Metaphoric interpretation (if any) arises from the whole idiom The content words spill and beans in spill the beans do not per se evoke ‘reveal’ and ‘secret’, respectively. e. Like other semi-fixed constructions, idioms may form “families” with a constrained range of lexical variation but with no (appreciable) semantic change (cf. radial categories). get/start/set the ball rolling f. Idiomatic isolates, e.g. F. mönkään, pälkähästä (Nenonen 2002) 15
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3. Phrasal <strong>Idioms</strong> as Lexical versus Syntactic<br />
Units: A Solution to a (Pseudo) Problem<br />
Grammar<br />
Regularity<br />
Predictability<br />
Rule-governed Processes<br />
Computation<br />
Lexicon<br />
Irregularity/Idiosyncracy<br />
Arbitrariness<br />
Unit Access & Retrieval<br />
Storage<br />
Anomalies<br />
Suppletive inflection<br />
(e.g., go : went)<br />
“Productive” derivation<br />
(e.g., caritative -less, -tOn)<br />
syntactic freezes, collocations, constructions<br />
phrasal verbs like shut up, put down<br />
phrasal idioms like kick the bucket, spill the beans<br />
constructions like [twist]ing the [night] away<br />
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