Semantic and Conceptual Aspects of Volcano Verbs 339(cf. Figure 3). The phraseological entry includes a series of templates
classified according to meaning. Figure 5 shows the template for MOVEMENT
(dimension to cause motion).
Figure 5. English phraseological entry for volcano
MOVEMENT constitutes the nuclear meaning, and cause motion
represents the meaning dimension. The template also contains the
dimension specification or phraseological pattern which describes the
arguments activated in the construction: EARTH NATURAL DISASTER causes
MATERIAL to move quickly and forcefully in a certain direction (PATH).
Finally, the template also provides the verbs that can activate the
MOVEMENT meaning. Each verb can be clicked on to obtain a description
like in Figure 4.
Semantic and conceptual restrictions of terminological
verb collocates of volcano caused by metaphorical
meaning extensions
If attention is paid to the argument structure of the constructions involving
the verb collocates of volcano (see Table 2) within the NATURAL
VOLCANIC DISASTER domain, it can be concluded that, at a generic level,
these verbs activate the same type of semantic and conceptual information.
The unalterable condition is for volcano to take a verb designating
something being forced out of it. This assumption is one of the major
claims supported by textual evidence that has been made in this paper.
This subsection, however, provides evidence that the lexical meanings
of volcano verbs constrain their capacity for collocation with certain