36.2827, Books: Pattern, Construction, System: Hunston (2025)

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Subject: 36.2827, Books: Pattern, Construction, System: Hunston (2025)

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Date: 18-Sep-2025
From: Ellena Moriarty [rfsupport at cambridge.org]
Subject: Pattern, Construction, System: Hunston (2025)


Title: Pattern, Construction, System
Subtitle: A Unified Approach to Grammar and Lexis
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/ch/universitypress/subjects/languages-linguistics/applied-linguistics-and-second-language-acquisition/pattern-construction-system-unified-approach-grammar-and-lexis?format=HB&isbn=9781009629027

Author(s): Susan Hunston

Hardback ISBN:  9781009629027 Pages:  260 Price: U.K. £ 105.00
Hardback ISBN:  9781009629027 Pages:  260 Price: Europe EURO 122.55
Hardback ISBN:  9781009629027 Pages:  260 Price: U.S. $ 140.00

Abstract:

Construction Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar take different
approaches to the study of lexico-grammar, based on language as a
cognitive and as a social phenomenon respectively. This is the first
book to bring the two approaches together, using corpus-based Pattern
Grammar as an underlying descriptive framework, in order to present a
comprehensive and original treatment of verb-based patterns in
English. It describes in detail two processes: deriving over 800 verb
argument constructions from 50 verb complementation patterns; and
using those constructions to populate systemic networks based on 9
semantic fields. The result is an approach to the lexis and grammar of
English that unifies disparate theories, finding synergies between
them and offering a challenge to each. Pattern Grammar, Construction
Grammar and Systemic-Functional Grammar are introduced in an
accessible way, making each approach accessible to readers from other
backgrounds. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge
Core.

Written In: English (eng)



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