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This course is a primer in Construction Grammar (CxG), a cognitively and functionally oriented framework in which syntactic representations are understood as conventionalized associations between form and function. Focus will be on the framework’s analytic methods and on articulating generalizations about speakers’ linguistic knowledge. We will also examine the ways in which variation in grammatical form can be systematically captured and explained. Using material from English, Czech, and from various less familiar languages, we will explore what typologically different grammars share and in what sense the constructional approach can serve as a universal model of language.
Major topics (a.k.a. rough syllabus): Functional-cognitive vs. formal theories of grammar Arguments for CxG Basic concepts and terminology Nominal constructions Valence constructions Phrasal syntax (phrases, clauses, sentences) Constructional maps Diachronic analysis in CxG Last update: Smolková Eva (31.01.2011)
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- placing CxG among other linguistic theories - mastery of the constructional analytic method - basics of the formalism - analysis of fundamental syntactic relations (modification, agreement, predication, valence, etc.) - independent formulation of constructional generalizations and representationsLast update: Smolková Eva (31.01.2011)
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Fried, Mirjam & Jan-Ola Östman (2004), Construction Grammar: a thumbnail sketch. In M. Fried & J-O. Östman (eds.), Construction Grammar in a cross-language perspective, 11-86. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Fillmore, Charles J. (1982), Frame semantics. In the Linguistic Society of Korea (ed.), Linguistics in the morning calm, 111-137. Seoul: Hanshin. Last update: Smolková Eva (31.01.2011)
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- active participation during class - careful reading of assigned literature - an occasional short assignment (data analysis) - a final paper on a topic of your choice Last update: Smolková Eva (31.01.2011)
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Major topics (a.k.a. rough syllabus): Functional-cognitive vs. formal theories of grammar Arguments for CxG Basic concepts and terminology Nominal constructions Valence constructions Phrasal syntax (phrases, clauses, sentences) Constructional maps Diachronic analysis in CxG Last update: Smolková Eva (31.01.2011)
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