Linking Constructions into Functional Linguistics: The Role of Constructions in Grammar

Nolan, Brian (Editor)/ Diedrichsen, Elke (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9027206120 / ISBN 13: 9789027206121

Published by John Benjamins Pub Co, 2013

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335 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linking Constructions into Functional Linguistics: The Role of Constructions in Grammar
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027206120
• ISBN 13: 9789027206121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.8 kilograms

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Synopsis

There is a growing awareness of the significance of constructions in grammar in the world’s languages. To date there has not been a single volume that addresses the issues of constructions within a functional Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) account. The book is a collection of articles that will serve the scholarly community as a reference work on the role, place and significance of constructions within this functional model of grammar. As a result, this volume represents the first instance of cross-linguistic comparison of these important discourse and syntax-related phenomena. The articles cover a variety of typologically different languages including German, Irish, Spanish, French, Japanese, Yaqui, Tepehua (Totonacan), Persian, and English, and they offer new data on the role of constructions, within the RRG theory, in these languages. Further, this volume contributes towards providing a comprehensive overview of grammatical constructions which are central to our understanding of how human languages function, in a functional linguistics perspective. This scholarly work is grounded in a functionally oriented model that makes strong claims of descriptive and typological adequacy. The book will represent a valuable step forward in linguistics research as it applies the RRG theoretical framework to the analyses of constructions.