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, this position is not analyzed in the 400-sentence corpus. The collostructional
analysis, however, allows us to investigate the most
common complements in the
DIRECTIONAL
.
4.3.3 Collostructional Analysis
The collostructional
analysis for
DIRECTIONALS
shows the most attracted nouns that
occur as complements of prepositions.
The results, then, give us some data on the types of
locations where motion can be directed to. Unlike the collostructional results for
MOVANTS
,
where most of the attracted nouns indicate different meanings for each verb, a majority of the
nouns in the analysis of
DIRECTIONALS
do not signal different meanings per se, but something
closer to collocational preferences or routinized combinations.
The results of the collostructional analysis for
DIRECTIONALS
are shown in table 14. I
begin
discussing the
DIRECTIONALS
that combine with verbs to produce fixed phrases or
derive meanings that are specialized to a verb, which are marked (14A-D) in the table. Then I
discuss the remaining nouns which mark collocational preferences for the verbs.
Table 14.
Results of the collostructional analysis for
DIRECTIONALS
NOUNS
arrojar
echar
lanzar
tirar
A) ataque ‘attack’
3.83E-07
B) mercado ‘market’
5.01E-07
C) tierra ‘earth/dirt’
7.99E-06
D) cara ‘face’
1.11E-08
4.74E-08
E) suelo ‘ground’
1.10E-05
3.04E-02
1.27E-43
F) piso ‘floor’
3.09E-05
2.78E-09
G) aire ‘air’
1.91E-02
6.25E-16
9.24E-04
H) agua ‘water’
2.17E-03
5.65E-05
I) mar ‘sea’
1.25E-06
J) cama ‘bed’
1.59E-10
2.46E-04
1.62E-18
K) lado ‘side’
1.74E-03
1.27E-03
6.55E-03
L) brazos ‘arms’
1.23E-03
3.59E-07
M) basura ‘garbage’
1.08E-05
1.40E-11
Lanzar
is attracted to only 3 nouns, two of which are only attracted to this verb and in
fact take part of specific meanings (14A and B). The phrase
lanzar(se) al ataque
means ‘to
begin an attack’. It is part of the inchoative structures seen for this verb (§4.3.5).
Lanzar
can
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The reason I prefer fewer variables is that it helps ensure that the data counts
are high enough to be
statistically tested. Data counts under 5 cannot be tested, and even below 10 tend to be problematic (Gillham
2007:78). Given that there are only 100 sentences per verb, a large number of variables would likely result in
smaller data counts which could not be testable. For example, in table 13, 3 out of the 5 categories are too low
to be tested.
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also mean ‘to present to the public’ (VOX). This is the meaning that appears in phrases with
al mercado.
(CdE:19-F, Miramar: La gesta del pez)
(161) Varios hombres aparecieron y se
LANZARON
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