Constructions at Work: The Nature of Generalization in Language

by Adele Goldberg and Adele E. Goldberg

This book investigates the nature of generalization in language and examines how language is known by adults and acquired by children. It looks at how and why constructions are learned, the relation between their forms and functions, and how cross-linguistic and language-internal generalizations about them can be explained.

Constructions at Work is divided into three parts: in the first Professor Goldberg provides an overview of constructionist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199268525
• ISBN13: 9780199268528
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"