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WORD
DEFINITION
It is a family of theories STUDY
within the field
of cognitive and evoluti
onary linguistics. These
posit that human IN MY WORDS
language consists
of constructions, or
Study of the role of
learned pairings of
grammatical structure
linguistic forms with and its implication in the
functions or meanings. successful use of the
(Construction Grammar, n.d.)
language.
WORD
Construction
Grammar
SYNONYMS
Construction: PART OF SPEECH
Development,
Structure, System. Construction: Noun,
common countable,
ANTONYMS masculine.
SYNONYMS Construction: Destruction, PART OF SPEECH
Misconstruction, End. Grammar: Noun, common
Grammar: Syntax, uncountable.
Rules of Language.
ANTONYMS
Grammar: Maths.
PREFIX
.
SUFFIX
PREFIX
Construction: -tion (quality/
. action)
ROOT SUFFIX SENTENCE
Construction grammar is a
Construction: Construct (Verb): to . theory of syntax in which
build or erect. constructions are the
ROOT central unit of grammatical
Grammar: /Greek/ grammatikē representation.
technē (Art of letters).
