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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
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