Ten lectures on construction grammar and typology / / by William Croft.
In Ten Lectures on Construction Grammar and Typology , William Croft presents a unified theory of linguistic form and meaning that encompasses crosslinguistic diversity, verbalization and language change. Croft begins from construction grammar, a theory of syntax in which all syntactic structures ar...
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| Superior document: | Distinguished lectures in cognitive linguistics ; Volume 11 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : BRILL,, 2021. ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Distinguished lectures in cognitive linguistics ;
Vol. 11. |
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| Notes: | Disponible en versión en línea e impresa en papel |
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| Summary: | In Ten Lectures on Construction Grammar and Typology , William Croft presents a unified theory of linguistic form and meaning that encompasses crosslinguistic diversity, verbalization and language change. Croft begins from construction grammar, a theory of syntax in which all syntactic structures are a pairing of form and meaning. Constructions are posited as basic; syntactic categories are defined by constructions. The internal structure of constructions directly link elements of constructions to the meanings they express, Constructions across languages can be situated in a space of syntactic variation. Grammar emerges from the verbalization of experience. Constructions occur in a probability distribution across the conceptual space of meanings. These probability distributions evolve, leading to grammatical change in language, modeled in an evolutionary framework. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 900436353X 9789004363526 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by William Croft. |