37.264, Books: Creative Construction Grammar: Hoffmann and Turner (2026)

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Subject: 37.264, Books: Creative Construction Grammar: Hoffmann and Turner (2026)

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Date: 19-Jan-2026
From: Ellena Moriarty [rfsupport at cambridge.org]
Subject: Creative Construction Grammar: Hoffmann and Turner (2026)


Title: Creative Construction Grammar
Series Title: Elements in Cognitive Linguistics
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/ch/universitypress/subjects/languages-linguistics/cognitive-linguistics/creative-construction-grammar?format=PB&isbn=9781009635271

Author(s): Thomas Hoffmann; Mark Turner

Hardback ISBN:  9781009635257 Pages:  88 Price: U.K. £ 55.00
Hardback ISBN:  9781009635257 Pages:  88 Price: Europe EURO 64.19
Hardback ISBN:  9781009635257 Pages:  88 Price: U.S. $ 70.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009635271 Pages:  88 Price: U.K. £ 18.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009635271 Pages:  88 Price: Europe EURO 21.01
Paperback ISBN:  9781009635271 Pages:  88 Price: U.S. $ 23.00

Abstract:

Constructions are long-term pairings in memory of form and meaning.
How are they created and learned, how do they change, and how do they
combine into new utterances (constructs, communicative performances)
in working memory? Drawing on evidence from word-formation (blending,
Noun-Noun-compounds) over idioms and argument structure constructions
to multimodal communication, we argue that computational metaphors
such as 'unification' or 'constraint-satisfaction' do not constitute a
cognitively adequate explanation. Instead, we put forward the idea
that construction combination is performed by Conceptual Blending – a
domain-general process of higher cognition that has been used to
explain complex human behavior such as, inter alia, scientific
discovery, reasoning, art, music, dance, math, social cognition, and
religion. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge
Core.

Written In: English (eng)



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