Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Introduction xv
5. Part I. Theoretical issues
6. Innovative coinage 3
7. The construction of macro-events 25
8. Constructions, co-composition and merge 63
9. A typology of morphological constructions 85
10. Part II. The Lexical Constructional Model: An overview
11. The Lexical Constructional Model 117
12. Levels of description and explanation in meaning construction 153
13. Part III. Studies of specific constructions
14. Measuring out reflexivity in secondary predication in English and Spanish 201
15. The inchoative construction 247
16. Semantic and pragmatic constraints on the English get -passive 271
17. Name index 295
18. Language index 299
19. Subject index 301