Constructions across Grammars
Editors
Up to now, most research in Construction Grammar has focused on single languages, most notably English. This volume aims to broaden the scope of Construction Grammar towards issues in bi- and multilingualism, second language learning, and generalizations across different languages and language varieties. The contributions in this volume show that speakers entertain generalizations across their repertoire of languages, which holds important implications for a multilingual Construction Grammar.
Originally published in Constructions and Frames 6:2 (2014).
Originally published in Constructions and Frames 6:2 (2014).
[Benjamins Current Topics, 82] 2016. v, 206 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Introduction
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Reflections on Constructions across GrammarsMartin Hilpert and Jan-Ola Östman | pp. 1–6
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On the borrowability of subject pronoun constructions in Turkish–Dutch contactA. Seza Doğruöz | pp. 7–33
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On the universality of frames: Evidence from English-to-Japanese translationYoko Hasegawa, Russell Lee-Goldman and Charles J. Fillmore | pp. 35–66
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Phonological elements and Diasystematic Construction GrammarSteffen Höder | pp. 67–96
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Clause combining across grammars: A contrastive analysis of L1 and L2 construal of discourse organizationBracha Nir | pp. 97–130
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Constructional tolerance: Cross-linguistic differences in the acceptability of non-conventional uses of constructionsFlorent Perek and Martin Hilpert | pp. 131–168
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Constructions do not cross Languages: On cross-linguistic generalizations of constructionsPhilipp Wasserscheidt | pp. 169–201
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Index | pp. 203–206
“This is a timely collection of papers about constructions in multilingual contexts. The papers in this volume present new views of grammatical constructions in heterogeneous speech communities of
various types and they open up a compelling new perspective on both novel issues and age-old problems of bilingualism, multilingualism, language contact, and translation. The editors have done a marvelous job in assembling a high quality set of papers showing how the principles of Construction Grammar can be fruitfully applied to linguistic phenomena that transcend homogeneous speech communities.”
various types and they open up a compelling new perspective on both novel issues and age-old problems of bilingualism, multilingualism, language contact, and translation. The editors have done a marvelous job in assembling a high quality set of papers showing how the principles of Construction Grammar can be fruitfully applied to linguistic phenomena that transcend homogeneous speech communities.”
Hans Boas, University of Texas at Austin
“In conclusion, by focusing on phenomena occurring in multilingual contexts, the studies included in Constructions across Grammars not only contribute to Construction Grammar and linguistics in general; they also help to fill a gap often observed in linguistic models: how general models and approaches apply to situations of bilingualism and language contact. Certainly, scholars interested in the topics and phenomena addressed in this book are looking forward to the continuation of this endeavor started by Martin Hilpert and Jan-Ola Östman.”
Víctor Valdivia, George Washington University, on Linguist List 28.670 (03-02-2017)
Cited by (8)
Cited by eight other publications
Rottet, Kevin J.
2021. Making one’s way in Welsh. In Constructions in Contact 2 [Constructional Approaches to Language, 30], ► pp. 234 ff.
Hartmann, Stefan
Boas, Hans C. & Steffen Höder
2018. Construction Grammar and language contact. In Constructions in Contact [Constructional Approaches to Language, 24], ► pp. 5 ff.
Boas, Hans C. & Steffen Höder
2021. Widening the scope. In Constructions in Contact 2 [Constructional Approaches to Language, 30], ► pp. 2 ff.
Lieb, Hans-Heinrich
2018. Chapter 5. Describing linguistic objects in a realist way. In Essays on Linguistic Realism [Studies in Language Companion Series, 196], ► pp. 79 ff.
Östman, Jan-Ola
2018. Constructions as cross-linguistic generalizations over instances. In Constructions in Contact [Constructional Approaches to Language, 24], ► pp. 181 ff.
Hilpert, Martin
2017. Historical sociolinguistics and construction grammar. In Exploring Future Paths for Historical Sociolinguistics [Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 7], ► pp. 217 ff.
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General