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 …

Traditional mechanistic accounts of language processing derive almost entirely from the
study of monologue. Yet, the most natural and basic form of language use is dialogue. As a …

Cognitive linguists and psychologists have often argued that language is best understood as
an association network; however while the network view of language has had a significant …

Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale develop an approach to language change
based on construction grammar. Construction grammar is a theory of signs construed at the …

Creating a timeline for formulaic language is far from simple, because several partially
independent lines of research have contributed to the emerging picture. Each exhibits cycles …

Language demonstrates structure while also showing considerable variation at all levels:
languages differ from one another while still being shaped by the same principles; …

This paper attempts to articulate the essential nature of the notion 'root'in the morphosyntax.
Adopting a realizational (Late Insertion) view of the morphosyntactic model, the question of …

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 …