Chapter published in:

Constructing Families of Constructions: Analytical perspectives and theoretical challenges
Edited by Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Alba Luzondo Oyón and Paula Pérez-Sobrino
[Human Cognitive Processing 58] 2017
► pp. 1–13

Introduction

Investigating the constructicon

Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez | University of La Rioja

Alba Luzondo Oyón | National Distance Education University, Madrid

Paula Pérez-Sobrino | University of Birmingham

Published online: 26 July 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.58.01rui

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