30.4582, Books: Construction Grammar and its Application to English: Hilpert

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Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 21:18:02
From: Anna Glazier [Anna.Glazier at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Construction Grammar and its Application to English: Hilpert

 


Title: Construction Grammar and its Application to English 
Subtitle: 2nd Edition 
Series Title: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
	

Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-construction-grammar-and-its-application-to-english-17470.html 


Author: Martin Hilpert

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474433631 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474433624 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 90
Hardback: ISBN:  9781474433600 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 90
Paperback: ISBN:  9781474433617 Pages: 232 Price: U.K. £ 24.99


Abstract:

Editor's Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced book.

Introduces Construction Grammar as a cognitive-functional theory of language,
applied to the structures of English

What do speakers of English know in order to produce utterances that other
speakers will understand? 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. The implications of this claim are far-reaching:
in Construction Grammar, not only lexical items, but also syntactic patterns
are seen as symbolic, meaningful units. Instead of being meaningless
structural templates, syntactic patterns actively contribute to the overall
meaning of an utterance. Knowledge of language is thought of as a vast
repository of interrelated symbolic units, and nothing else in addition. This
book expands on this idea and familiarizes readers with the central concepts
of Construction Grammar, as applied to English constructions. In the process,
it explains how the theory of Construction Grammar relates to issues of
language processing, language acquisition, and language variation and change.

Key Features

* The first textbook to offer a full introduction to Construction Grammar, as
applied to English

* Includes exercises and questions to stimulate reflection

* Provides a thorough grounding in the central concepts of Construction
Grammar

* A series of ten video lectures accompanying the book are available via
YouTube

Available in North America from our distribution partner, Oxford University
Press.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=139273




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