@inbook{9770302381044d2293ff1ef5b4bfdc42,
title = "Corpus-based cognitive semantics.: A contrastive study of phasal verbs in English and Russian.",
abstract = "In this paper we will present a corpus-based cognitive-semantic analysis of five verbs that express 'begin' in English and Russian, i.e. begin, start, na{\v c}at', na{\v c}at'sja and stat'. On the basis of a quantitative analysis of data extracted from the ICE-GB and the Uppsala Corpus we conclude that the prototype for each verb and set of verbs in each language revolves around a different set of characteristics altogether: the difference between begin and start is lexical in nature, that between na{\v c}at' and stat' can be described as aspectual, whereas the differences between na{\v c}at' and na{\v c}at'sja should be termed argument structural. Dissimilarities like these that are of an entirely different order can only be picked up if a methodology is used that adequately captures the multivariate nature of the phenomenon; the Behavioral Profiling approach we have developed and applied here does exactly that.",
author = "Dagmar Divjak and Stefan Gries",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-631-59399-8",
series = "Lodz Studies in Language",
publisher = "Peter Lang Verlag",
pages = "273--296",
editor = "Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Katarzyna Dziwirek",
booktitle = "Studies in Cognitive Corpus Linguistics.",
}