Psychology

How far does a construction grammar approach to argument structure take us in understanding children's language development?

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Discusses Michael Tomasello's review of Adele Goldberg's book 'Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure.' Reasons why function and cognitive linguistic approaches are central to work in child language; Determination of how much meaning is carried by constructions; Relationship between constructions and semantic meaning.

Publication Title

Journal of Child Language

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Volume

25

Issue

2

First Page

443

Last Page

484

ISSN

0305-0009

DOI

10.1017/S030500099800350X

Keywords

children's language, constructions, semantic meaning

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