The case of the missing generalizations

Title
The case of the missing generalizations
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Crain, Stephen
Thornton, Rosalind
Khlentzos, Drew M
Type of document
Review
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Place of publication
Germany
UNE publication id
une:6168
Abstract
This review discusses several kinds of linguistic generalizations that pose a challenge for the constructionist approach to linguistic generalizations advocated by Adele Goldberg. It is difficult to see, for example, how such an account can explain the wide-ranging linguistic phenomena governed by structural properties, such as c-command, or semantic properties, such as downward entailment. We also argue against Goldberg's rejection of formal semantics in favour of an account of meaning based primarily on information structure and discourse function.
Link
Citation
Cognitive Linguistics, 20(1), p. 145-155
ISSN
1613-3641
1861-048X
0936-5907
Start page
145
End page
155

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