The goal of this study is to reintegrate the theory of generative grammar into the cognitive
sciences. Generative grammar was right to focus on the child's acquisition of language as its …

A new theoretical approach to language has emerged in the past 10–15 years that allows
linguistic observations about form–meaning pairings, known as 'constructions', to be stated …

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 …

Corpora are widely used in linguistics, but not always wisely. This book attempts to frame
corpus linguistics systematically as a variant of the observational method. The first part …

Construction Grammar explains how knowledge of language is organized in speakers'
minds. The central and radical claim of Construction Grammar is that linguistic knowledge …

This chapter highlights the fundamental assumptions shared by all constructionist
approaches, distinguishing them from mainstream generative grammar. In particular …

In this groundbreaking book, Michael Tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based
theory of language acquisition. Drawing together a vast body of empirical research in …

Cognitive Linguistics argues that language is governed by general cognitive principles,
rather than by a special-purpose language module. This introductory textbook surveys the …

Constructions work Page 1 Constructions work ADELE E. GOLDBERG1 Abstract This paper
provides responses to the points raised in this volume in an e¤ort to evaluate, clarify and …

This book is based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the
need for a theory to explain them. Croft proposes intimate links between syntactic and …