title: Constructions: a new theoretical approach to language.
abstract: A new theoretical approach to language has emerged in the past 10-15 years that allows linguistic observations about form-meaning pairings, known as 'constructions', to be stated directly. Constructionist approaches aim to account for the full range of facts about language, without assuming that a particular subset of the data is part of a privileged 'core'. Researchers in this field argue that unusual constructions shed light on more general issues, and can illuminate what is required for a complete account of language.
authors.affiliation: Linguistics Department, University of Illinois, 61801-0168, Urbana, IL, USA
authors.forename: Adele E.
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Goldberg