Thomas Hoffmann (Professor Dr)

Construction Grammar

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Employing a state-of-the-art cognitive approach, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of English morphology and syntax, looking at how children acquire language, as well as how we can account for language variation and change. It is essential reading for undergraduate linguistics students.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 740g
• ISBN-13: 9781107013490
• ISBN-10: 1107013496
• Artikelnr.: 63237784

Autorenporträt

Thomas Hoffmann is Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt as well as Furong Scholar Distinguished Chair Professor of Hunan Normal University. Notable publications include Preposition Placement in English (CUP, 2011), English Comparative Correlatives Interface (CUP, 2019) and The Oxford Handbook of Construction Grammar (co-edited with Trousdale, OUP).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Figures
Tables
1. Introduction
2. Usage based construction grammar
3. Morphological constructions
4. Word, phrasal and idiom constructions
5. Complex phrasal and clausal constructions
6. Constructional variation and change
7. Constructional approaches and formalisms
8. Outlook: Emerging research topics in construction grammar
Exercises
Solutions to exercises
Glossary and list of abbreviations
References
Index of constructions
General Index.