Oxford University Press eBooks· 2013
The Oxford Handbook of Construction Grammar
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Short summary
This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of Construction Grammar, detailing its theoretical underpinnings, diverse applications in linguistic analysis, and connections to other fields.
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Key points
- Presents fundamental assumptions shared across constructionist approaches.
- Details specific frameworks where 'constructions' are central.
- Illustrates analysis of morphosyntactic phenomena across the lexicon-syntax cline.
- Discusses psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic evidence for Construction Grammar.
- Examines the relationship of Construction Grammar to language variation and change.
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Abstract
This handbook presents a comprehensive account of current work on Construction Grammar, its theoretical foundations, and its applications to and relationship with other kinds of linguistic enquiry. This volume is divided into five sections. The first section highlights the fundamental assumptions shared by all constructionist approaches; the second describes the particular frameworks in which the notion of constructions plays a central role; the third illustrates how constructionist approaches can be used for the analysis of all types of (morpho)syntactic phenomena from the lexicon?syntax cline; the fourth discusses the psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic underpinnings of Construction Grammar; and the final section considers the relation of Construction Grammar to language variation and change. The handbook also traces the history of Construction Grammar and explains its distinction from Chomskyan Mainstream Generative Grammar.
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