Abstract: In CL, the nature of grammar is a subject of some controversy, as among, for example, the construction grammars of Lakoff (1987) and Goldberg (1995; 2006), the radical construction grammar of Croft (2001) and the cognitive grammar of Langacker (1987). However, all these approaches share some core views of what grammar is, how it is acquired and how it is used to shape utterances that we can understand. These views can be summarised as follows: In this chapter I will first explore how these principles could be elaborated as the basis of a pedagogical grammar. To do this I will look more closely at the construction as the central grammatical form and will then consider how such forms are acquired through usage as a type from tokens.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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