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Polysemy links

One of a number of inheritance links between constructions posited in construction grammar (2). Involves a type of inheritance (2) in which a construction with a similar syntactic organisation to another exhibits a distinct but related meaning. For example, the ditransitive construction is associated with a range of senses that all share the semantics of transfer, but which also differ in systematic ways. The examples below illustrate some of the distinct polysemous senses associated with this construction:

  1. X causes Y to receive Z Max gave Bella a biscuit
  2. Conditions of satisfaction imply X causes Y to receive Z Max promised Bella a biscuit
  3. X enables Y to receive Z Max allowed Bella a biscuit
  4. X causes Y not to receive Z Max refused Bella a biscuit
  5. X intends to cause Y to receive Z Max made Bella some biscuits
  6. X acts to cause Y to receive Z at some future point in time Max commissioned Bella some fairy-shaped biscuits
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