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 …

In den letzten Jahren ist die Konstruktionsgrammatik zu einem zentralen
Forschungsparadigma geworden. Sie hat das Ziel, eine allgemeine Theorie der …

This book introduces formal grammar theories that play a role in current linguistic theorizing
(Phrase Structure Grammar, Transformational Grammar/Government & Binding, Generalized …

essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …

What do speakers of a language have to know, and what can they'figure out'on the basis of
that knowledge, in order for them to use their language successfully? This is the question at …

Creativity is an important evolutionary adaptation that allows humans to think original
thoughts, to find solutions to problems that have never been encountered before, and to …

This chapter provides an overview of the theory of Construction Grammar and its
corresponding sister theory Frame Semantics, both developed at the University of California …

Construction Grammar holds that unpredictable form-meaning combinations are not
restricted in size. In particular, there may be phrases that have particular meanings that are …

In Construction Grammar, grammar is conceived as an inventory of form–function–meaning
complexes of varying degrees of internal complexity and lexical fixity. These complexes …

Creativity is an important evolutionary adaptation that allows humans to think original
thoughts, to find solutions to problems that have never been encountered before and to …