Constructions: A new theoretical approach to language
Constructions: A new theoretical approach to language
Adele E. Goldberg
Summary A new theoretical approach to language has emerged in the past 10-15 years that allows linguistic observations about form-meaning pairings—constructions–to be stated directly. Constructionist approaches aim to account for the full range of facts about language, without assuming that a particular subset of the data is part of a privileged “core”. Researchers argue that unusual constructions shed light on more general issues, and serve to illuminate what is required for a complete account of language.
Keywords: language, linguistics, constructions, grammar, learning, generalizations
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