Linking constructions into functional linguistics : the role of constructions in grammar /

The paper will explore the theoretical scope of the concept "construction", as envisaged in Constructional approaches to grammar. Starting from the Role and Reference Grammar notion of Constructions, as represented in "Constructional Schemas", it will be argued that Constructiona...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Nolan, Brian, 1952- (Editor), Diedrichsen, Elke (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 145.
Subjects:
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Description
Summary:The paper will explore the theoretical scope of the concept "construction", as envisaged in Constructional approaches to grammar. Starting from the Role and Reference Grammar notion of Constructions, as represented in "Constructional Schemas", it will be argued that Constructional Schemas as representations of linguistic knowledge can be used not only for language specific constructions, but for the wide range of argument structure and sentence structure constructions as well. This will be exemplified by extensive discussions of two well known German construction types, which are the bekommen-
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 335 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027271082
9027271089
1306137888
9781306137881
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.