RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Fujii, Seiko A1 Lee-Goldman, Russell YR 2020 T1 Argument structure satisfaction via unselected adjuncts: The case of the Japanese causal node construction JF Belgian Journal of Linguistics VO 34 IS 1 SP 79 OP 86 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/bjl.00036.fuj PB John Benjamins SN 0774-5141, AB Abstract

This paper presents a frame-based constructional approach to argument structure satisfaction via unselected adjuncts, by focusing on one such case in Japanese. It points out an intriguing constructional phenomenon whereby causal adjunct clauses marked with node ‘because’, as used with main-clause predicates that evoke communication frames (such as Telling and Warning), serve to satisfy main-clause argument structure. The node clause precedes the main-clause speech act of telling/warning, and can be interpreted as a speech-act causal (Sweetser 1990). The node clause at the same time conveys the content of informing or warning, i.e., the core Frame Element message, which is absent as a main-clause complement. This analysis of argument structure satisfaction via unselected adjuncts provides evidence for a Frame Semantic approach to argument structure that incorporates Construction Grammar., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/bjl.00036.fuj