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1 online resource (xii, 220 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced
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Edinburgh textbooks on the English language. Advanced.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index. |
Contents |
Title page; copyright; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; To readers: Why you shouldn't pick up, let alone read, this book; 1 Introducing Construction Grammar; 2 Argument structure constructions; 3 Inside the construct-i-con; 4 Constructional morphology; 5 Information packaging constructions; 6 Constructions and language processing; 7 Constructions and language acquisition; 8 Language variation and change; 9 Concluding remarks; References; Index. |
Summary |
Construction Grammar explains how knowledge of language is organized in speakers' minds. The central and radical claim of Construction Grammar is that linguistic knowledge can be fully described as knowledge of constructions, which are defined as symbolic units that connect a linguistic form with meaning. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
English language -- Grammar.
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English language -- Grammar. |
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Construction grammar.
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Construction grammar. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hilpert, Martin. Construction grammar and its application to English 9780748675845 (OCoLC)868378633 |
ISBN |
9780748675869 (electronic book) |
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0748675868 (electronic book) |
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1306819679 (e-book) |
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9781306819671 (e-book) |
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9780748675845 |
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0748675841 |
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074867585X |
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9780748675852 |
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