Explain Me This : : Creativity, Competition, and the Partial Productivity of Constructions / / Adele E. Goldberg.
Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrainedWe 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...
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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Word Meanings
- Chapter 3. Constructions as Invitations to Form Categories
- Chapter 4. Creativity: Coverage Is Key
- Chapter 5. Competition: Statistical Preemption
- Chapter 6. Age and Accessibility Effects
- Chapter 7. The Roads Not Taken
- Chapter 8. Where We Are and What Lies Ahead
- References
- Index