Constructicon - Taxonomies and Networks

"It is one of the central claims of construction grammar that constructions are organized in some kind of network, commonly referred to as the constructicon. This Element describes how the conception of the constructicon has changed in recent years and elaborates on some central claims of the multidimensional network approach"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. From taxonomies to networks; 3. Constructions as networks; 4. Syntactic categories as networks; 5. The global network: paradigms, families and neighborhoods; 6. Concluding remarks.

Summary

It is one of the central claims of construction grammar that constructions are organized in some kind of network, commonly referred to as the constructicon. This Element describes how the conception of the constructicon has changed in recent years and elaborates on some central claims of the multidimensional network approach.

Foreword

Describes how the inheritance model of construction grammar has evolved into a multidimensional network approach in usage-based linguistics.

Product details

• Authors: Holger Diessel, Holger (Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Diessel, Diessel Holger
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781009327817
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0932781-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Construction Grammar
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics