Grammatical Constructions: Their Form and Meaning - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198235399 ISBN 13: 9780198235392

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1996

Synopsis

In this collection a cast of distinguished contributors responds to and elaborates Charles Fillmore's and Paul Kay's "Construction Grammar". In contrast to the modular Chomskyan approach which treats grammatical constructions as epiphenomena, Construction Grammar works on the premise that constructions function as units of grammar in a way similar to words, and that their properties derive from complex interplays between lexicon, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

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About the Author

Masayoshi Shibatani is a Professor of Linguistics at Kobe University. Sandra A. Thompson is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

From the Back Cover

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in grammatical constructions - units of grammar representing form-meaning correspondences. The movement, in which Construction Grammar as developed by Charles Fillmore and Paul Kay has played a significant role, has arisen in part as a response to the Chomskyan modular approach, which treats grammatical constructions as epiphenomenal, dismantling their component features and attributing these to general principles of grammar. This volume is the first collection to focus on grammatical constructions per se, and is dedicated to Charles Fillmore in recognition of his leadership in the field. The papers all reflect or elaborate on his work, which shows how lexicon, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics interact in giving contructions their individual holistic characters as basic units of grammar.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198235399
• ISBN 13: 9780198235392
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 364
• Editor: Shibatani Masayoshi, Thompson Sandra A.