A new theoretical approach to language has emerged in the past 10-15 years that allows linguistic observations about form-meaning pairings, known as 'constructions', to be stated directly. Constructionist approaches aim to account for the full range of facts about language, without assuming that a particular subset of the data is part of a privileged 'core'. Researchers in this field argue that unusual constructions shed light on more general issues, and can illuminate what is required for a complete account of language.
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Goldberg, A. E. (2003, May 1). Constructions: A new theoretical approach to language. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Elsevier Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00080-9
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