The case of the missing generalizations

Stephen Crain; Rosalind Thornton; Drew M Khlentzos

The case of the missing generalizations

Stephen Crain
, Rosalind Thornton
, Drew M Khlentzos

School of Psychology

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Abstract

This review discusses several kinds of linguistic generalizations that pose a challenge for the constructionist approach to linguistic generalizations advocated by Adele Goldberg. It is difficult to see, for example, how such an account can explain the wide-ranging linguistic phenomena governed by structural properties, such as c-command, or semantic properties, such as downward entailment. We also argue against Goldberg's rejection of formal semantics in favour of an account of meaning based primarily on information structure and discourse function.

Original language	English
Pages	145-155
Volume	20
No.	1
Specialist publication	Cognitive Linguistics
Publication status	Published - 2008

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Linguistic Processes (incl Speech Production and Comprehension)
Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
Logic

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