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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsItems and Generalizations: Evidence from Decir within the Family of Subjective-Transitive Constructions in SpanishFrancisco Gonzálvez-GarcíaThis paper explores the existence of a continuum between regular, productive, conventional configurations and fixed, idiosyncratic and novel configurations within the full gamut of instances of secondary predication with decir ('say') and verba dicendi in present-day Spanish. Drawing on Cognitive Construction Grammar, it is argued that instances of the secondary predication with these verbs can be aptly regarded as forming … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 28 Jul 2015 · 8,093 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractOn the Systematic Variation of German Idioms: Converse Pairs as a Constructional PhenomenonDmitrij Dobrovol′skijThis paper presents some findings of my research on the systematic variation of German idioms, with attention focused on converse transformations such as (jmdm.) eins/eine/einen aufs Dach geben literally "to give someone <let someone have> one on the roof", meaning 'to strike <beat> someone' or 'to punish someone' – eins/eine/einen aufs Dach bekommen (von jmdm.) literally "to get one on … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 13 Aug 2015 · 8,214 accessesView PDF Cite