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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

| University of La Rioja
| National Distance Education University, Madrid
| University of Birmingham
Article outline
  • 1.Motivation
  • 2.Aims and structure
  • References
Published online: 26 July 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.58.01rui
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