Construction grammar - Grammar as an inventory of constructions

The term construction grammar (CxG) covers a "family" of theories, or models, of grammar that are based on the idea that the primary unit of grammar is the grammatical construction rather than the atomic syntactic unit and the rule that combines atomic units, and that the grammar of a language is made up of taxonomies of families of constructions. CxG is typically associated with cognitive linguistics, partly because many of the linguists that are involved in CxG are also involved in cognitive linguistics, and partly bec ...

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• Construction grammar - Some history
• Construction grammar - The grammatical construction in CxG
• Construction grammar - Syntax-lexicon continuum
• Construction grammar - Grammar as an inventory of constructions
• Construction grammar - Full-entry model
• Construction grammar - Usage-based model
• Construction grammar - Default inheritance model
• Construction grammar - Complete inheritance model
• Construction grammar - There is a general shift towards the usage-based model
• Construction grammar - Synonymy and monotony
• Construction grammar - Some construction grammars
• Construction grammar - Construction Grammar
• Construction grammar - Goldbergian/Lakovian construction grammar
• Construction grammar - Cognitive Grammar
• Construction grammar - Radical construction grammar
• Construction grammar - Embodied construction grammar
• Construction grammar - Fluid Construction Grammar
• Construction grammar - Others

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In CxG the grammar of a language is made up of taxonomic networks of families of constructions, which are based on the same principles as those of the conceptual categories known from cognitive linguistics, such as inheritance, prototypicality, extensions, and multiple parenting. Four different models are proposed in relation to how information is stored in the taxonomies. Construction grammar - Full-entry model. In the full-entry model information is stored reduntantly at all relevant levels in th ...

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Construction grammar, Construction grammar - Some history, Construction grammar - The grammatical construction in CxG, Construction grammar - Syntax-lexicon continuum, Construction grammar - Grammar as an inventory of constructions, Construction grammar - Full-entry model, Construction grammar - Usage-based model, Construction grammar - Default inheritance model, Construction grammar - Complete inheritance model, Construction grammar - There is a general shift towards the usage-based model, Construction grammar - Synonymy and monotony, Construction grammar - Some construction grammars, Construction grammar - Construction Grammar, Construction grammar - Goldbergian/Lakovian construction grammar, Construction grammar - Cognitive Grammar, Construction grammar - Radical construction grammar, Construction grammar - Embodied construction grammar, Construction grammar - Fluid Construction Grammar, Construction grammar - Others

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In CxG, like in general semiotics the grammatical construction is a pairing of form and content. The formal aspect of a construction is typically described as a syntactic template, but the form covers more than just syntax, as it also involves phonological aspects, such as prosody and intonation. The content covers semantic as well as pragmatic meaning. The semantics meaning of a grammatical construction is made up of conceptual structures of different kinds and is often described in the terminology from frame semantics. The f ...

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Construction grammar, Construction grammar - Some history, Construction grammar - The grammatical construction in CxG, Construction grammar - Syntax-lexicon continuum, Construction grammar - Grammar as an inventory of constructions, Construction grammar - Full-entry model, Construction grammar - Usage-based model, Construction grammar - Default inheritance model, Construction grammar - Complete inheritance model, Construction grammar - There is a general shift towards the usage-based model, Construction grammar - Synonymy and monotony, Construction grammar - Some construction grammars, Construction grammar - Construction Grammar, Construction grammar - Goldbergian/Lakovian construction grammar, Construction grammar - Cognitive Grammar, Construction grammar - Radical construction grammar, Construction grammar - Embodied construction grammar, Construction grammar - Fluid Construction Grammar, Construction grammar - Others

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Since CxG is based on schemas and taxonomies, it does not operate with dynamic rules of derivation. Rather, it is monotonic. Since, CxG does not operate with surface derivations from underlying structures, it rejects constructional polysemy and adheres to functionalist linguist Dwight Bolinger's principle of no synonymy, which Goldberg eleborates on in her book. This means that construction grammarians argue that, say, active and passive versions of the same proposition are not derived from an underlying structure, but a ...

See also:

Construction grammar, Construction grammar - Some history, Construction grammar - The grammatical construction in CxG, Construction grammar - Syntax-lexicon continuum, Construction grammar - Grammar as an inventory of constructions, Construction grammar - Full-entry model, Construction grammar - Usage-based model, Construction grammar - Default inheritance model, Construction grammar - Complete inheritance model, Construction grammar - There is a general shift towards the usage-based model, Construction grammar - Synonymy and monotony, Construction grammar - Some construction grammars, Construction grammar - Construction Grammar, Construction grammar - Goldbergian/Lakovian construction grammar, Construction grammar - Cognitive Grammar, Construction grammar - Radical construction grammar, Construction grammar - Embodied construction grammar, Construction grammar - Fluid Construction Grammar, Construction grammar - Others

Read more here: » Construction grammar: Encyclopedia II - Construction grammar - Synonymy and monotony

CxG was developed in the 1980s by linguists such as Charles Fillmore, Paul Kay, and George Lakoff. CxG was developed as a reaction against the treatment of idioms and idiosyncratic expressions by proponents of generative grammar, which the early construction grammarians felt was unsatisfactory due to the atomist and reductionist nature of the componential model of grammar that the proponents of generative grammar embrace. In the componential model, grammar is split up into several autonomous module ...

See also:

Construction grammar, Construction grammar - Some history, Construction grammar - The grammatical construction in CxG, Construction grammar - Syntax-lexicon continuum, Construction grammar - Grammar as an inventory of constructions, Construction grammar - Full-entry model, Construction grammar - Usage-based model, Construction grammar - Default inheritance model, Construction grammar - Complete inheritance model, Construction grammar - There is a general shift towards the usage-based model, Construction grammar - Synonymy and monotony, Construction grammar - Some construction grammars, Construction grammar - Construction Grammar, Construction grammar - Goldbergian/Lakovian construction grammar, Construction grammar - Cognitive Grammar, Construction grammar - Radical construction grammar, Construction grammar - Embodied construction grammar, Construction grammar - Fluid Construction Grammar, Construction grammar - Others

Read more here: » Construction grammar: Encyclopedia II - Construction grammar - Some history