The notion 'construction' has become indispensable in present-day linguistics and in language studies in general. This volume extends the traditional domain of Construction Grammar (CxG) in several directions, all with a cognitive basis. Addressing a number of issues (such as coercion, discourse patterning, language change), the contributions show how CxG must be part and parcel of cognitively oriented studies of language, including language universals. The volume also gives informative accounts of how the notion 'construction' is developed in approaches that are conceptually close to, and relatively compatible with, CxG: Conceptual Semantics, Word Grammar, Cognitive Grammar, Embodied Construction Grammar, and Radical Construction Grammar.

Table of contents

The Cognitive grounding of Constructional Grammar Jan-Ola Östman and Mirjam Fried pp.1–13

Theoretical extensions p.15 Argument realization: The role of constructions, lexical semantics and discourse factors Adele E. Goldberg pp.17–43 Entity and event coercion in a symbolic theory of syntax Laura A. Michaelis pp.45–88 Frames, profiles and constructions: Two collaborating CGs meet the Finnish Permissive Construction Jaakko Leino pp.89–120 Construction Discourse: A prolegomenon Jan-Ola Östman pp.121–144

Construction Grammars p.145 Embodied Construction Grammar in simulation-based language understanding Benjamin K. Bergen and Nancy Chang pp.147–190 Constructions in Conceptual Semantics Urpo Nikanne pp.191–242 Constructions in Word Grammar Jasper Holmes and Richard A. Hudson pp.243–272 Logical and typological arguments for Radical Construction Grammar William Croft pp.273–314

Subject Index pp.315–322

Index of constructions pp.323–324