Construction grammar and its application to English / Martin Hilpert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilpert, Martin, author.

Series:

Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced.

Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar.

English language.

Construction grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Title page; copyright; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; To readers: Why you shouldn't pick up, let alone read, this book; 1 Introducing Construction Grammar; 2 Argument structure constructions; 3 Inside the construct-i-con; 4 Constructional morphology; 5 Information packaging constructions; 6 Constructions and language processing; 7 Constructions and language acquisition; 8 Language variation and change; 9 Concluding remarks; References; Index.

Notes:

Previous edition: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-274) and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Hilpert, Martin. Construction grammar and its application to English.

ISBN:

9781474433624

1474433626

9781474433600

147443360X

OCLC:

1157208742