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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsWhy Construction Grammar Catches the Worm and Corpus Data can Drive you Crazy: Accounting for Idiomatic and Non-Idiomatic IdiomaticityThomas HerbstThis article outlines why the treatment of idiomatic elements in language in terms of constructions can be considered a real step forward in the understanding of the character of language. It is argued that construction grammar provides a theoretical basis for accommodating insights into the phraseological character of language that were gained in a number of fields such as corpus … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 11 Sep 2015 · 8,788 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstract‘Someone to Open Each and Every Door’: Construction Grammar as a Learner Grammar: The Case of English Indefinite PronounsRandal HolmeThis paper sets out an applied model of Cognitive Construction Grammar along three dimensions: Compositionality, form as a vehicle for promoting the emergence of grammatical meaning from lexical meaning and construal. The model of Cognitive Construction Grammar put forward here implies that the Applied Linguist may have to collect and explain a wider repertoire of grammatical forms than were considered … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 12 Sep 2015 · 7,855 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordItalian Phrasemes as Constructions: How to Understand and Use ThemElmar SchafrothThe present article describes the objectives and methods for a learner-centered description of Italian idioms based on the theoretical principles of Construction Grammar (CxG). The aim of the underlying research project is to develop a new way of looking at idioms, taking into account all linguistic aspects that could help to fully understand and usethem in a formally and functionally … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 3 Sep 2015 · 9,086 accessesView PDF Cite