Constructions and generalizations

William Croft

doi:10.1515/COGL.2009.009

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Constructions and generalizations

William Croft

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Abstract

Goldberg's Constructions at work makes an important contribution to the understanding of syntax by developing analyses for specific grammatical constructions from a usage-based constructional perspective and critically comparing generative analyses to them. It is argued here that some of the analyses that Goldberg offers may still be problematic (although they are superior to the generative alternatives), and in other cases, Goldberg can strengthen her defense of constructional analyses by offering a sharper critique of the generative alternatives.

Keywords:: constructions; argument structure; island constraints; Subject-Auxiliary Inversion

Author's e-mail: 〈wcroft@unm.edu〉.

Received: 2007-07-25

Revised: 2008-02-02

Published Online: 2009-02-10

Published in Print: 2009-February

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constructions; argument structure; island constraints; Subject-Auxiliary Inversion