Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

Is acquiring a third language the same as acquiring a second? Are all instances of non-
native language acquisition simply one and the same? In this first book-length study of the …

In this book, Martin Hilpert lays out how Construction Grammar can be applied to the study of
language change. In a series of ten lectures on Diachronic Construction Grammar, the book …

Synthesizing the theory behind and methodology for conducting judgment tests, Using
Judgments in Second Language Acquisition Research aims to clarify the issues surrounding …

Native speakers strongly disprefer novel formulations when a conventional alternative
expresses the same intended message, presumably because the more conventional form …

This paper uses computational experiments to explore the role of exposure in the
emergence of construction grammars. While usage-based grammars are hypothesized to …

Children tend to regularize their productions when exposed to artificial languages, an
advantageous response to unpredictable variation. But generalizations in natural languages …

How do speakers avoid producing verb overgeneralization errors such as* She covered
paint onto the wall or* She poured the cup with water? Five previous papers have found …

Structural priming studies in production have demonstrated stronger priming effects for
unexpected sentence structures (inverse preference effect). This is consistent with error …

This article contributes to Construction Grammar, historical linguistics, and Russian
linguistics through an in-depth corpus study of predicate agreement in constructions with …