Construction Grammar and its Application to English [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Hilpert Martin
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 425.018
• Soggetto topico: Construction grammar; English language -- Grammar; Phrase structure grammar; English language - Grammar; English; Languages & Literatures; English Language
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: title page; copyright; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; To readers: Why you shouldn't pick up, let alone read, this book; 1 Introducing Construction Grammar; 2 Argument structure constructions; 3 Inside the construct-i-con; 4 Constructional morphology; 5 Information packaging constructions; 6 Constructions and language processing; 7 Constructions and language acquisition; 8 Language variation and change; 9 Concluding remarks; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Construction Grammar explains how knowledge of language is organized in speakers' minds. The central and radical claim of Construction Grammar is that linguistic knowledge can be fully described as knowledge of constructions, which are defined as symbolic units that connect a linguistic form with meaning.
• Altri titoli varianti: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced
• Titolo autorizzato: Construction Grammar and its Application to English
• ISBN: 0-7486-7586-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786555003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced