Corpus, cognition and causative constructions

 Content: 1. List of tables, pxi-xv; 2. List of figures, pxvi; 3. Acknowledgements, pxvii; 4. 1. Introduction, p1-4; 5. 2. Corpus linguistics and theory, p5-24; 6. 3. English causative constructions: Collecting the data, p25-59; 7. 4. Causative constructions in action: The realisation of the action chain, p61-96; 8. 5. The syntax and semantics of causative constructions: The Principle of No Synonymy, p97-144; 9. 6. Defining the causative prototype, p145-168; 10. 7. Lexical co-occurrence in causative constructions, p169-192; 11. 8. Collexemes in the effect slot, p193-222; 12. 9. The influence of register on causative constructions, p223-250; 13. 10. Causative constructions and foreign language teaching, p251-276; 14. 11. Conclusion, p277-284; 15. References, p285-304; 16. Appendix 1. Elicitation test, p305-310; 17. Appendix 2. Distinctive syntactic and semantic features of causative constructions, p311-314; 18. Appendix 3. Most frequent syntactic and semantic features of causative constructions, p315-316; 19. Author index, p317-320; 20. Subject index, p321-326