This book is a detailed study of the possessive semantic space within the framework of construction grammar. Using corpus data from Old Church Slavonic and Old Russian, the book uses semantic maps to document the relationship between form and meaning in a set of semantically clo…
The field of constructionist linguistics is rapidly expanding, as research on a broad variety of language phenomena is increasingly informed by constructionist ideas about grammar. This volume is comprised of 11 original research articles representing several emerging new resear…
The proposed framework of 'concept linking' combines insights of construction grammar with those of traditional functional descriptions to explain particularly challenging but often neglected areas of English grammar such as negation, modality, adverbials and non-finite construc…
The Oxford handbook of construction grammar
The Oxford handbook of construction grammar
by Hoffmann, Thomas, Trousdale, Graeme
fromOxford Handbooks
The last decade has seen a rise in popularity in construction-based approaches to grammar. Put simply, the various approaches within the rubric 'construction grammar' all see grammar (morphemes, words, idioms, etc.) as fundamentally constructions -- pairings of form and meaning.…
Written in an accessible and engaging style, with exercises and qustions to stimulate reflection, this textbook provides a thorough grounding in the central concepts of Construction Grammar for advanced students in linguistics and English language.