English Explanatory Dictionary

construction grammar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/kənˈstɹʌkʃən ˈɡɹæ.mə(ɹ)/ /kənˈstɹʌkʃən ˈɡɹæ.mɚ/

Word forms

construction grammar construction grammars
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