construction grammar

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈstɹʌkʃən ˈɡɹæ.mə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈstɹʌkʃən ˈɡɹæ.mɚ/

Noun

construction grammar (plural construction grammars)

1. 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.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 構式語法／构式语法 (gòushì yǔfǎ), 構造語法／构造语法 (gòuzào yǔfǎ)

• French: grammaire de construction f
• German: Konstruktionsgrammatik f
• Italian: grammatica delle costruzioni f
• Japanese: 構文文法 (こうぶんぶんぽう, kōbun-bunpō)
• Korean: 구문문법(構文文法) (gumunmunbeop)
• Spanish: gramática de construcciones f