In construction morphology, complex words are seen as constructions on the word level. The
notion 'construction', a pairing of form and meaning, as developed in the theory of …

Although a growing number of second language acquisition (SLA) studies take linguistic
complexity as a dependent variable, the term is still poorly defined and often used with …

Many recent proposals claim that languages adapt to their environments. The linguistic
niche hypothesis claims that languages with numerous native speakers and substantial …

Memory is fleeting. New material rapidly obliterates previous material. How, then, can the
brain deal successfully with the continual deluge of linguistic input? We argue that, to deal …

Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale develop an approach to language change
based on construction grammar. Construction grammar is a theory of signs construed at the …

This study aims to ascertain the nature and extent of the development of English L2 writing
proficiency of 45 adult ESL learners over the time of an intensive short-term academic …

A leading expert on evolution and communication presents an empirically based theory of
the evolutionary origins of human communication that challenges the dominant Chomskian …

Geert Booij's popular textbook on the structure of words has been revised and updated in a
third edition. The book covers every aspect of morphological theory and the analysis of …

Background Languages differ greatly both in their syntactic and morphological systems and
in the social environments in which they exist. We challenge the view that language …

In this book John A. Hawkins argues that major patterns of variation across languages are
structured by general principles of efficiency in language use and communication. Evidence …