A new theoretical approach to language has emerged in the past 10–15 years that allows
linguistic observations about form–meaning pairings, known as 'constructions', to be stated …

Current views about language are dominated by the idea of arbitrary connections between
linguistic form and meaning. However, if we look beyond the more familiar Indo-European …

内容提要“把” 字句的“变换观” 常会使我们忽略掉一些句式自身的重要特点,
而句式语义不是完全能从组成成分及已有句式的语义自然推导出来的. 从这样的认识出发 …

Cognitive linguists and psychologists have often argued that language is best understood as
an association network; however while the network view of language has had a significant …

Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

This chapter highlights the fundamental assumptions shared by all constructionist
approaches, distinguishing them from mainstream generative grammar. In particular …

I see humanity as a family that has hardly met. I see the meeting of people, bodies, thoughts,
emotions or actions as the start of most change. Each link created by a meeting is like a …

This study is about the principles for constructing polite speeches. The core of it first
appeared in Questions and Politeness, edited by Esther N. Goody (now out of print). It is …

Grammaticalization refers to the change whereby lexical terms and constructions serve
grammatical functions in certain linguistic contexts and, once grammaticalized, continue to …

Constructions work Page 1 Constructions work ADELE E. GOLDBERG1 Abstract This paper
provides responses to the points raised in this volume in an e¤ort to evaluate, clarify and …