The mechanisms of “construction grammar (1988)
| Venue: | Berkeley Linguistics Society. Berkeley, CA: University of California |
| Citations: | 36 - 0 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Michaelis88themechanisms,
author = {Laura A. Michaelis},
title = {The mechanisms of “construction grammar},
booktitle = {Berkeley Linguistics Society. Berkeley, CA: University of California},
year = {1988},
pages = {35--55}
}
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Language, Journal of Semantics, Linguistics and Philosophy and Studies in Language. 2 In Construction Grammar, grammatical patterns are conventional pairings of form and meaning that are analogous to words. This article contrasts Construction Grammar with competing syntactic theories that are based on universal constraints and the projection properties of words. It reviews arguments for construction-based syntax derived from the following linguistic phenomena: semantic and syntactic variability of verbs, coercion, idiomatic patterns and ‘family resemblances ’ among idioms, paradigm-based constraints on form and meaning, exceptions to cross-construction generalizations, and the inadequacy of derivational rules. Verbal and nominal syntax are used to exemplify the formal mechanism that combines constructions and words, unification grammar. A concluding section outlines connections between Construction Grammar and use-based models of grammar, acquisition and sentence processing. 3 1.
