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Explain Me This: Creativity, Competition, and the Partial Productivity of Constructions
Hardback
Main Details
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Explain Me This: Creativity, Competition, and the Partial Productivity of Constructions
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Adele E. Goldberg
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:216 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155 |
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| Category/Genre | Sociolinguistics
Psycholinguistics
Phonetics and phonology
Grammar and syntax |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691174259
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| Classifications | Dewey:410 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
15 b/w illus., 12 tables
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
12 February 2019 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language constructions in new ways. Yet native speakers also implicitly know when a creative and easily interpretable formulation-such as "Explain me this" or "She considered to go"
Author Biography
Adele E. Goldberg is professor of psychology at Princeton University. She is the author of Constructions at Work: The Nature of Generalization in Language and Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure.
Reviews"Outstanding scientific merit . . . With Explain Me This, Goldberg once again leads the field of Construction Grammar into a new and exciting area of research, which is a remarkable achievement."---Martin Hilpert, Lamicus
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