Constructions at Work: The Nature of Generalization in Language

Part One: Constructions 1. Overview 2. Surface Generalizations 3. Item Specific Knowledge and Generalizations Part Two: Learning Generalizations 4. How Generalizations are Learned 5. How Generalizations are Constrained 6. Why Generalizations are Learned Part Three: Explaining Generalizations 7. Island Constraints and Scope 8. Grammatical Categorization: Subject Auxiliary Inversion 9. Cross-linguistic Generalizations in Argument Realization 10. Variations on a Constructionist Theme 11. Conclusion References Index