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to the lexemes which are associated with a different slot of the same
construction. In other words, it is important to note that words are
strongly attracted or repelled by slots in a construction (that is, they occur
more frequently or less frequently than what is expected) and the degree
of functional similarity between them.
Keywords: Constructional Grammar; (Co)lexemes and Constructions;
Variation.
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2 “For example, if a phrase ‘a <unknown> mouse’ is received as input, a flexible match would
be able to impose that the <unknown> word is an adjective based on a flexible match of the
adjectival-nominal construction. This is also the way in which coercion can be modeled, such as
of sentences like Adele sneezed the napkin off the table in which an intransitive verb is coerced
to become a verb expressing a caused motion because the pattern of the Caused Motion
construction (as in Adele pushed the book off the table) has been used here. Coercion is achieved
by imposing the application of a construction even though not all its criteria are satisfied, in the
example the need for a transitive verb is overruled so that the Caused Motion construction can
apply.” (STEELS, 2013, p.167)
3 Palavras que são atraídas para uma construção particular são referidas como colexemas
dessa construção. (STEFANOWITSCH & GRIES, 2003, p.214–215).
9 Cf. original: the associations between verbs and constructions are not fully predictable from
semantic criteria. In addition to the semantic fit, it is the languague user´s experience with the
established pattern that influences the associative links between lexemes and constructions.