A Constructional Account of AdvisingConstrual Operations and Social Conventions

  1. Campo Martínez, Nuria del 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Journal:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Year of publication: 2012

Volume: 34

Issue: 1

Pages: 115-132

Type: Article

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Abstract

The present paper explores the constructional composition of illocutionary meaning from the perspective of the Lexical Constructional Model or LCM propounded by Francisco Ruiz de Mendoza and Ricardo Mairal. In the LCM, illocutionary meaning is either the result of filling in constructional variables or of aff ording metonymic access to high-level situational cognitive models. In this study I examine the cognitive grounding of constructions carrying an advising value. It is my contention that the constructional realization of advising is based upon linguistic mechanisms that exhibit instantiation potential for relevant parts of the corresponding semantic structure in relation to the context of situation. The resulting account seeks to unveil the idiosyncrasies of the act of advising based on the interplay between different kinds of construal operations and general cultural conventions captured in the Cost-Benefit Cognitive Model.

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