The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics Part 89. In the past decade, Cognitive Linguistics has developed into one of the most dynamic and attractive frameworks within theoretical and descriptive linguistics The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics is a major new reference that presents a comprehensive overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive/theoretical models of Cognitive Linguistics, and covers its various subfields, theoretical as well as applied. | 850 RICARDO MALDONADO subject of the embedded transitive clause as in 37a which can be deleted under coreference with the main-clause subject. The ungrammaticality of 37b comes from deleting the absolute instead of the ergative subject 37 a. E alu le fili e fa aleaga -ina le nu u. imperf go the enemy inf destroy -ina the village The enemy is going literally moving through space to destroy the village. b. E alu le tiene e opo -ina e le tama. imperf go the girl inf liug-itia erg the boy The girl is going literally moving through space to be hugged by the boy. Likewise only the ergative subject as in 38a not the absolutive object as in 38b of an embedded clause can raise to be the main clause subject 38 a. E mafia e le tama ona fululu -ina le ta avale. imperf able erg the boy comp wash-ina the car The boy can wash the car b. E mafia le ta avale ona fulufu -ina e le tlama. imperf able the car comp wash -ina erg the boy The car can be washed by the boy. In support of the claim that the inverse marks events involving reversal of a norm in different domains Cook shows that the inverse also selects as trajector socially remote roles such as doctors the government an enemy or an institution as in 39 and 40 and above all the Christian God as in 41 39 Sa ve ese-ina e leoleo le pagota. pst erg police the prisoner The police took the prisoner away. Milner 1966 38 40 Ua taofi-a lona alauni e le Malo. perf stop-iNv his allowance erg the Government The Government has stopped his allowance. Milner 1966 241 41 Ua sauni-a e lesu le fa olataga. pst prepare-iNv erg Jesus the salvation Jesus has prepared the salvation. Milner 1966 220 Further extensions of this pattern of reversal apply to cases of negativity. Since affirmative events are expected to take place negative ones are deviations from the norm. While the negative meaning takes -ina the affirmative does not 42 a. Fufulu le ta avale. wash the car Wash the car. b. Aua le fufulu-ina le ta avale. don t the wash-iNv .
