Construction Grammar and its Application to English

Construction Grammar and its Application to English
Author: Martin Hilpert
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2014-03-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0748675868

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Construction Grammar explains how knowledge of language is organized in speakers' minds. The central and radical claim of Construction Grammar is that linguistic knowledge can be fully described as knowledge of constructions, which are defined as symbolic units that connect a linguistic form with meaning.