"construction grammar" meaning in English

See construction grammar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kənˈstɹʌkʃən ˈɡɹæ.mə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈstɹʌkʃən ˈɡɹæ.mɚ/ [General-American] Forms: construction grammars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: construction grammar Translations (Translations): 構式語法 /构式语法 (gòushì yǔfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 構造語法 /构造语法 (gòuzào yǔfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), grammaire de construction [feminine] (French), Konstruktionsgrammatik [feminine] (German), grammatica delle costruzioni [feminine] (Italian), 構文文法 (kōbun-bunpō) (alt: こうぶんぶんぽう) (Japanese), 구문문법 (gumunmunbeop) (alt: 構文文法) (Korean), gramática de construcciones [feminine] (Spanish)
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