Determining the structure of lexical entries and grammatical constructions in Construction Grammar

Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-144

  Boas, Hans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collocational restriction; Construction Grammar; Frequency; Grammatical construction; Lexical entry; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149507868     PISSN: 15720268     EISSN: 15720276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/arcl.6.06boa     Document Type: Article

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