Constructions at Work The Nature of Generalization in Language

Name: Constructions at Work The Nature of Generalization in Language
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ISBN: 9780199268528

ISBN-10: 0199268525

ISBN-13: 9780199268528

Edition: 2005

Authors: Adele Goldberg, J Pustejovsky, Robert Gaizauskas, Adele Goldberg

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This book investigates the nature of generalization in language and examines how language is known by adults and acquired by children. It looks at how and why constructions are learned, the relation between their forms and functions, and how cross-linguistic and language-internal generalizations about them can be explained. Constructions at Work is divided into three parts: in the first Professor Goldberg provides an overview of constructionist approaches, including the constructionist approach to argument structure, and argues for a usage-based model of grammar. In Part II she addresses issues concerning how generalizations are constrained and constructional generalizations are learned. In…

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List price: $46.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 290
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Constructions



Overview



Surface generalizations



Item-specific knowledge and generalizations



Learning Generalizations



How argument structure constructions are learned



How generalizations are constrained



Why generalizations are learned



Explaining Generalizations



Island constraints and scope



Grammatical categorization: Subject-Auxiliary Inversion



Cross-linguistic generalizations in argument realization



Variations on a constructionist theme



Conclusion


References


Index