"construction grammar" meaning in English

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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "構式語法"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gòushì yǔfǎ",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "构式语法"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "Translations",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "grammaire de construction"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "Translations",
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          "word": "Konstruktionsgrammatik"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "grammatica delle costruzioni"
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          "word": "구문문법"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "Translations",
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      "word": "grammaire de construction"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Konstruktionsgrammatik"
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      "lang": "Italian",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "grammatica delle costruzioni"
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