Modal scenarios, topoi and incongruity in expressive constructions

This paper is a contribution to the reflection on the semantic and pragmatic interface in Construction Grammar. Using the example of a particular construction, the Incongruous Sanction Construction, it shows the role played by the notions of modal scenario and topos in qualifying the incongruity pre...

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Main Author: Dominique Legallois
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Language:English
Published: Association Française de Linguistique Cognitive 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cognitextes/2543
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description This paper is a contribution to the reflection on the semantic and pragmatic interface in Construction Grammar. Using the example of a particular construction, the Incongruous Sanction Construction, it shows the role played by the notions of modal scenario and topos in qualifying the incongruity present in this construction. This qualification (in this case, axiological) is decisive insofar as it constitutes the necessary condition for the conventionalisation of the expressive value. Constructions that do not meet this condition have expressive values that must be determined from the context.
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spelling doaj-art-9c33c2949a2a41e39f3172326bb58bc92025-08-20T02:37:52ZengAssociation Française de Linguistique CognitiveCogniTextes1958-53222024-11-012510.4000/12rcvModal scenarios, topoi and incongruity in expressive constructionsDominique LegalloisThis paper is a contribution to the reflection on the semantic and pragmatic interface in Construction Grammar. Using the example of a particular construction, the Incongruous Sanction Construction, it shows the role played by the notions of modal scenario and topos in qualifying the incongruity present in this construction. This qualification (in this case, axiological) is decisive insofar as it constitutes the necessary condition for the conventionalisation of the expressive value. Constructions that do not meet this condition have expressive values that must be determined from the context.https://journals.openedition.org/cognitextes/2543modal scenariotoposconstructionexpressivityincongruity
spellingShingle Dominique Legallois
Modal scenarios, topoi and incongruity in expressive constructions
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modal scenario
topos
construction
expressivity
incongruity
title Modal scenarios, topoi and incongruity in expressive constructions
title_full Modal scenarios, topoi and incongruity in expressive constructions
title_fullStr Modal scenarios, topoi and incongruity in expressive constructions
title_full_unstemmed Modal scenarios, topoi and incongruity in expressive constructions
title_short Modal scenarios, topoi and incongruity in expressive constructions
title_sort modal scenarios topoi and incongruity in expressive constructions
topic modal scenario
topos
construction
expressivity
incongruity
url https://journals.openedition.org/cognitextes/2543
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