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Constructional Approach(es) to Discourse-Level Phenomena: Theoretical challenges and empirical advances
Edited by Renata Enghels and María Sol Sansiñena
[Constructions and Frames 13:1] 2021
► pp. 3–20
Introduction

Discourse-level phenomena in construction grammars

| Ghent University
| University of Leuven
Article outline
  • 1.(Recent) advances in constructional research on discourse-level phenomena
  • 2.Overview of the chapters in this volume
  • 3.Implications and future directions
  • References


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Published online: 2 August 2021
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