"Construction grammar (often abbreviated CxG) is a family of theories within the field of cognitive linguistics which posit that constructions, or learned pairings of linguistic patterns with meanings, are the fundamental building blocks of human language."
The theory that grammar is made up of ‘constructions’, which are patterns of language use that emerge from use and repetition.
"Constructions include words (aardvark, avocado), morphemes (anti-, -ing), fixed expressions and idioms (by and large, jog X's memory), and abstract grammatical rules such as the passive voice (The cat was hit by a car) or the ditransitive (Mary gave Alex the ball)."
"Any linguistic pattern is considered to be a construction as long as some aspect of its form or its meaning cannot be predicted from its component parts, or from other constructions that are recognized to exist."
"In construction grammar, every utterance is understood to be a combination of multiple different constructions, which together specify its precise meaning and form."
"Advocates of construction grammar argue that language and culture are not designed by people, but are 'emergent' or automatically constructed in a process which is comparable to natural selection in species or the formation of natural constructions such as nests made by social insects."
"Constructions correspond to replicators or memes in memetics and other cultural replicator theories."
"It is argued that construction grammar is not an original model of cultural evolution, but for an essential part, the same as memetics."
"Construction grammar is associated with concepts from cognitive linguistics that aim to show in various ways how human rational and creative behavior is automatic and not planned."
"Construction grammar is a family of theories within the field of cognitive linguistics."
"Constructions include words, morphemes, fixed expressions and idioms, and abstract grammatical rules."
"Any linguistic pattern is considered to be a construction as long as some aspect of its form or its meaning cannot be predicted from its component parts."
"Advocates of construction grammar argue that language and culture are not designed by people, but are 'emergent' or automatically constructed."
"Language and culture are automatically constructed in a process which is comparable to natural selection in species or the formation of natural constructions such as nests made by social insects."
"Constructions include words, morphemes, fixed expressions and idioms, and abstract grammatical rules."
"Construction grammar corresponds to replicators or memes in memetics and other cultural replicator theories."
"It is argued that construction grammar is not an original model of cultural evolution, but for an essential part, the same as memetics."
"Construction grammar is associated with concepts from cognitive linguistics that aim to show in various ways how human rational and creative behavior is automatic and not planned."
"Construction grammar posits that constructions are the fundamental building blocks of human language."
"Every utterance is understood to be a combination of multiple different constructions, which together specify its precise meaning and form."
"Constructions, or learned pairings of linguistic patterns with meanings, are the fundamental building blocks of human language."