Corpus-based Approaches to Construction Grammar

This Volume Brings Together Empirical 'construction Grammar' Studies To (i) Promote Cross-fertilization Between Researchers Interested In Constructional Approaches On Various Languages, And (ii) Further The Growing Trend Towards Empirically Rigorous Research That Takes Seriously A Commitment Not Only To Usage-based Theories, But Also To Usage-based Methodologies. Accordingly, The Chapters In This Volume Comprise A Range Of Studies Not Based On Synchronic Contemporary English But Include Dutch, Old English, Italian, And Spanish. This Volume Also Features Studies From A Wider Range Of Statistical Sophistication: Some Chapters Use More Traditional Frequency- And Attestation-based Approaches, Some Chapters Use Inferential Statistical Techniques To Explore Lexically Specific Preferences And Patterns In Constructional Slots, And Some Chapters Use Multifactorial Hypothesis-testing Techniques Or Multivariate Exploratory Tools To Discover Patterns In Corpus Data That A Mere Eye-balling Or Simple Statistical Tools Would Not Uncover. Edited By Jiyoung Yoon, Stefan Th. Gries. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.