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"In constructionist theory, a constructicon is an inventory of constructions making up the full set of linguistic units in a language. In applied practice, it is a set of construction descriptions - a 'dictionary of constructions'. The development of constructicons in the latter sense typically means combining principles of both construction grammar and lexicography, and is probably best characterized as a blend between the two traditions. We call this blend constructicography. The present volume is a comprehensive introduction to the emerging field of constructicography. After a general introduction follow six chapters presenting constructicon projects for English, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish, respectively, often in relation to a framenet of the language. In addition, there is a chapter addressing the interplay between linguistics and language technology in constructicon development, and a final chapter exploring the prospects for interlingual constructicography. This is the first major publication devoted to constructicon development and it should be particularly relevant for those interested in construction grammar, frame semantics, lexicography, the relation between grammar and lexicon, or linguistically informed language technology"--

Construction grammar.

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Currently, there are two prominent schools in linguistics: Minimalism (Chomsky) and Construction Grammar (Goldberg, Tomasello). Minimalism comes with the claim that our linguistic capabilities consist of an abstract, binary combinatorial operation (Merge) and a lexicon. Most versions of Construction Grammar assume that language consists of flat phrasal schemata that contribute their own meaning and may license additional arguments. This book examines a variant of Lexical Functional Grammar, which is lexical in principle but was augmented by tools that allow for the description of phrasal constructions in the Construction Grammar sense. These new tools include templates that can be used to model inheritance hierarchies and a resource driven semantics. The resource driven semantics makes it possible to reach the effects that lexical rules had, for example remapping of arguments, by semantic means. The semantic constraints can be evaluated in the syntactic component, which is basically similar to the delayed execution of lexical rules. So this is a new formalization that might be suitable to provide solutions to longstanding problems that are not available for other formalizations.

Linguistics --- Construction grammar. --- Lexical grammar. --- Generative grammar --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Lexicology

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Die Studie untersucht Adverbialstrukturen im gesprochenen Französisch, die drei oder mehr Diskursabschnitte in komplexer Weise miteinander verbinden. Diese Strukturen werden als Makrokonstruktionen im Sinne der Konstruktionsgrammatik modelliert und anhand eines umfangreichen Korpus hinsichtlich ihrer lokalen Emergenz in der Interaktion und ihrer Sedimentierung analysiert. Dabei werden syntaktische, semantische, prosodische und interaktional-pragmatische Aspekte einbezogen. The study investigates adverbial structures in spoken French that combine three or more discursive elements in a complex way. These structures are modeled in accordance with the terms of construction grammar as “macro constructions.” Drawing upon an extensive corpus, this study analyzes them with regard to their local emergence in interaction and their sedimentation.

French language --- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French. --- Adverbials. --- Grammar. --- Spoken French. --- Complex Syntax. --- Construction Grammar. --- Interaction. --- Spoken French --- Langue d'oïl --- Romance languages

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This collection of papers on phrasal compounding is part of a bigger project whose aims are twofold: First, it seeks to broaden the typological perspective by providing data for as many different languages as possible to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon itself. Second, based on these data which clearly show interaction between syntax and morphology it aims to discuss theoretical models which deal with this kind of interaction in different ways. Models like Generative Grammar assume components of grammar and a clear-cut distinction between the lexicon (often including morphology) and grammar. Other models, like construction grammar, do not assume such components and are rather based on a lexicon including constructs. A comparison of these models on the basis of this phenomenon on the morphology-syntax interface makes it possible to assess their descriptive and explanatory power.

Linguistics --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Morphology. --- Morphology (Linguistics) --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology --- Morphology --- construction grammar --- interaction between syntax and morphology --- typology --- generative grammar --- Bulgarian language --- Compound (linguistics) --- Genitive case --- Icelandic language --- Noun --- Polish language --- Semantics

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In this book, Martin Hilpert lays out how Construction Grammar can be applied to the study of language change. In a series of ten lectures on Diachronic Construction Grammar, the book presents the theoretical foundations, open questions, and methodological approaches that inform the constructional analysis of diachronic processes in language. The lectures address issues such as constructional networks, competition between constructions, shifts in collocational preferences, and differentiation and attraction in constructional change. The book features analyses that utilize modern corpus-linguistic methodologies and that draw on current theoretical discussions in usage-based linguistics. It is relevant for researchers and students in cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics, and historical linguistics.

Cognitive grammar. --- Linguistics. --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Language and languages --- Cognitive linguistics --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Psycholinguistics --- Languages and Linguistics --- Historical and Comparative Linguistics & Linguistic Typology --- Morphology & Syntax --- Psycholinguistics & Language and Cognition --- Semantics --- Construction grammar. --- Linguistic change.