word
Construction Grammar
con-STRUK-shun GRAM-ur
/kənˈstrʌkʃən ˈɡræmər/Listen
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constructiongrammar
Dictionary meaning
A family of linguistic theories holding that the basic units of language are form-meaning pairings called constructions, ranging from morphemes to full sentence patterns, rather than rules operating on a separate lexicon.
Examples
- Construction grammar treats idioms and novel sentences as instances of the same underlying form-meaning pairings.
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