Overview

The last decade has seen a rise in popularity in construction-based approaches to grammar. The various approaches within the rubric 'construction grammar' all see language as a network of constructions-pairings of form and meaning. Construction Grammar, as a kind of cognitive linguistics, differs significantly from mainstream generative grammar as espoused by Chomsky and his followers. Advocates of Construction Grammar see it as a psychologically plausible theory of human language. As such, it is capable of providing a principled account of language acquisition, language variation and language change. Research in Construction Grammar also includes multidisciplinary cognitive studies in psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and computational linguistics.The Oxford Handbook of Construction Grammar is the first authoritative reference work solely dedicated to Construction Grammar. Divided into five sections, the book will be an invaluable resource that students and scholars alike can turn to for a comprehensive account of current work on Construction Grammar, its theoretical foundations, and its applications to and relationship with other kinds of linguistic enquiry.

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Author:   Thomas Hoffmann (Professor of English and American Studies, Professor of English and American Studies, University of Regensburg) ,  Graeme Trousdale (Senior Lecturer in English Language, Senior Lecturer in English Language, University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.160kg
ISBN:  

9780195396683

ISBN 10:   0195396685
Pages:   606
Publication Date:   18 April 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Chapter Authors I. Principles and methods 1 Construction Grammar: Introduction Thomas Hoffmann and Graeme Trousdale 2 Constructionist Approaches Adele E. Goldberg 3 The Limits of (Construction) Grammar Paul Kay 4 Usage-based Theory and Exemplar Representations of Constructions Joan L. Bybee 5 Constructions in the Parallel Architecture Ray Jackendoff 6 Data in Construction Grammar Stefan Th.Gries II. Constructionist approaches 7 Berkeley Construction Grammar Charles Fillmore 8 Sign-based Construction Grammar Laura A. Michaelis 9 Fluid Construction Grammar Luc Steels 10 Embodied Construction Grammar Ben Bergen and Nancy Chang 11 Cognitive Grammar Cristiano Broccias 12 Radical Construction Grammar William Croft 13 Cognitive Construction Grammar Hans Boas III. Constructicon: from morphemes to clauses and beyond 14 Morphology in Construction Grammar Geert Booij 15 Words and Idioms Stefanie Wulff 16 Collostructional Analysis Anatol Stefanowitsch 17 Abstract Phrasal and Clausal Constructions Thomas Hoffmann 18 Information Structure Jaakko Leino IV. Acquisition and cognition 19 Construction grammar and First Language Acquisition Holger Diessel 20 Construction grammar and Second Language Acquisition Nick Ellis 21 Psycholinguistics Giulia Bencini 22 Brain Basis of Meaning, Words, Constructions and Grammar Friedemann Pulvermüller, Yury Shtyrov and Bert Capelle IV. Language Variation and Change 23 Principles of Constructional Change Mirjam Fried 24 Construction-Based Historical-Comparative Reconstruction Jóhanna Barðdal 25 Corpus-based approaches to constructional change Martin Hilpert 26 Dialects, Discourse and Construction Grammar Jan-Ola Ostman and Graeme Trousdale 27 Constructions in Cognitive Sociolinguistics Willem Hollmann

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Thomas Hoffmann is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Osnabrück. Graeme Trousdale is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh.

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