The Oxford Handbook of Construction Grammar (Oxford Handbooks) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019046321X ISBN 13: 9780190463212

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

Synopsis

The last decade has seen a rise in popularity in construction-based approaches to grammar. The various approaches within the rubric 'construction grammar' all see language as a network of constructions-pairings of form and meaning. Construction Grammar, as a kind of cognitive linguistics, differs significantly from mainstream generative grammar as espoused by Chomsky and his followers. Advocates of Construction Grammar see it as a psychologically plausible theory of human language. As such, it is capable of providing a principled account of language acquisition, language variation and language change. Research in Construction Grammar also includes multidisciplinary cognitive studies in psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, and computational linguistics.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Hoffmann is Full Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.; Graeme Trousdale is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 019046321X
• ISBN 13: 9780190463212
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 610
• Editor: Hoffmann Thomas, Trousdale Graeme