The case of the missing generalizations

Stephen Crain; Rosalind Thornton; Drew Khlentzos

doi:10.1515/COGL.2009.008

The case of the missing generalizations

Stephen Crain^*, Rosalind Thornton, Drew Khlentzos

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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 (from-to)	145-155
Number of pages	11
Journal	Cognitive Linguistics
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/COGL.2009.008
Publication status	Published - Feb 2009

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