Why Construction Grammar Catches the Worm and Corpus Data can Drive you Crazy: Accounting for Idiomatic and Non-Idiomatic Idiomaticity

Herbst T (2015)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Publisher: Science Publications

Edited Volumes: Journal of

Pages Range: 91-110

Journal Issue: 11 (3)

DOI: 10.3844/jssp.2015.91.110

Open Access Link: http://thescipub.com/PDF/jssp.2015.91.110.pdf

Abstract

This article outlines why the treatment of idiomatic elements in language in terms of constructions can be considered a real step forward in the understanding of the character of language. It is argued that construction grammar provides a theoretical basis for accommodating insights into the phraseological character of language that were gained in a number of fields such as corpus linguistics, foreign language teaching and traditional phraseology and lexicography.

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APA:

Herbst, T. (2015). Why Construction Grammar Catches the Worm and Corpus Data can Drive you Crazy: Accounting for Idiomatic and Non-Idiomatic Idiomaticity. Journal of Social Sciences, 11 (3), 91-110. https://doi.org/10.3844/jssp.2015.91.110

MLA:

Herbst, Thomas. "Why Construction Grammar Catches the Worm and Corpus Data can Drive you Crazy: Accounting for Idiomatic and Non-Idiomatic Idiomaticity." Journal of Social Sciences 11 (3) (2015): 91-110.

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