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Constructing Life: The Resultative Construction and Social Cognition in Moral Argumentation

Vogel, Sarah K, Vogel
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6967-1660
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1534242803827082

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2018, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Cognitive Linguistics.
Moral communication by nature involves individuals of diverse viewpoints. The underlying viewpoint of a speaker may be readily visible in grammatical constructions, particularly the resultative construction. Roe v Wade being a significant and controversial landmark case in American legal history, the case was selected for examination of construction grammar in moral argumentation. The resultative construction was found to reveal an underlying default state of being, or presupposition, with regard to the resulting state of the object in question. This state is achieved through the implied state prior to the resultative construction’s transformative usage. Roe v Wade possesses several resultative constructions describing significant transformative events in the legal sense, outlining when abortion was made a crime and when statutes were declared void. The transformative nature of the resultative construction creates a significant impact in legal discourse, which this thesis seeks to uncover and outline fully.
Todd Oakley (Advisor)
31 p.
Cognitive Psychology; Linguistics
roe v wade, cognitive linguistics, cognitive science, linguistics

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  • Vogel, Vogel, S. K. (2018). Constructing Life: The Resultative Construction and Social Cognition in Moral Argumentation [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1534242803827082

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Vogel, Vogel, Sarah. Constructing Life: The Resultative Construction and Social Cognition in Moral Argumentation. 2018. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1534242803827082.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Vogel, Vogel, Sarah. "Constructing Life: The Resultative Construction and Social Cognition in Moral Argumentation." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1534242803827082

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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