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Books in this series provide readers with a detailed description and explanation of key areas of English Language study. The authors presuppose a basic working knowledge of the topic and explore aspects of the linguistics of English for an intermediate or advanced student readership.

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"An accessible introduction to the principles of CxG.-- ""The Year's Work in English Studies"" Hilpert's arguments are thoroughly convincing and I find it hard to see that anyone can doubt the power of Construction Grammar and not become a construction grammarian after having read his book.--Jan-Ola �stman, University of Helsinki and Dalarna University ""Review of Cognitive Linguistics"" Hilpert's book delivers on its promise to be an introduction to CxG and its application to various linguistic subdisciplines... At the end of each chapter there are a number of study questions, suggestions for further reading, and exercises. In addition, a series of video lectures accompanies the book. An accessible textbook with a few more technical chapters, such as the one of information packaging, it will make a great introductory text for undergraduate students interested in Construction Grammar and its application to English.--Lieselotte brems, University of Liege Hilpert's book is the first and only introductory textbook on Construction Grammar. It manages to convey the insights and complexities of the framework with impressive breadth, all in a very readable and engaging way.-- ""Adele E. Goldberg, Princeton University"""

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Martin Hilpert works as Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at the Université de Neuchâtel. Besides Construction Grammar, his research interests include corpus linguistics, language variation and change, and cognitive linguistics. He is the author of Germanic Future Constructions (2008, John Benjamins) and Constructional Change in English (2013, Cambridge University Press).

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