A pioneering collection of new research that explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of the English language. The volume, with contribution

A pioneering collection of new research that explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of the English language. The volume, with contribution

Using increasingly sophisticated databases, this volume explores grammatical usage from the Late Modern period in a broad context.

Construction Grammar explains how knowledge of language is organized in speakers' minds. The central and radical claim of Construction Grammar is that linguisti

This book is based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the need for a theory to explain them. Croft proposes intimate links betwee