Constructional Approaches to Language

Editors

Mirjam Fried | Charles University, Czech Republic

Remi van Trijp | Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris

This book series is peer reviewed and indexed in: Book Citation Index (BCI )* ; Scopus

The Constructional Approaches to Language (CAL) series brings together research conducted within different constructional models and makes them available to scholars and students working in this and other, related fields.

The topics range from descriptions of grammatical phenomena in different languages to theoretical issues concerning language acquisition, language change, and language use. The foundation of constructional research is provided by the model known as Construction Grammar (including Frame Semantics), initially developed in the 1980s by Charles Fillmore, a founding member of CAL’s Advisory Board. The book series publishes studies in which this model is developed in new directions and extended through alternative approaches. Such approaches include cognitive grammar, conceptual semantics, interaction and discourse, as well as typologically motivated alternatives, with implications both for constructional theories and for their applications in related fields such as communication studies, computational linguistics, AI, neurology, psychology, sociology and sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and anthropology.
This peer-reviewed series is committed to innovative research and will include monographs, thematic collections of articles, and introductory textbooks.

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ISSN: 1573-594X

https://doi.org/10.1075/cal

Volumes

41	The Development of the Chinese Cleft Construction: A diachronic constructional approach Fangqiong Zhan 2026. xviii, 207 pp.
40	Constructions in Contact 3: Constructional schemas and patterns in language contact Edited by Hans C. Boas and Steffen Höder 2025. viii, 325 pp.
39	Imperative-Based Dialogic Constructions and Discourse Units Vassiliki Geka 2025. xxvi, 240 pp.
38	Multimodal Communication from a Construction Grammar Perspective Edited by Kiki Nikiforidou and Mirjam Fried 2025. vi, 317 pp.
37	Constructional Approaches to Nordic Languages Edited by Evie Coussé, Steffen Höder, Benjamin Lyngfelt and Julia Prentice 2023. v, 278 pp.
36	A Constructional Account of Verb-Forming Suffixation Jacqueline Laws 2023. xxiv, 393 pp.
35	Structural Priming in the Grammatical Network Tobias Ungerer 2023. xiii, 236 pp.
34	Constructions in Spanish Edited by Inga Hennecke and Evelyn Wiesinger 2023. vi, 409 pp.
33	Discourse Structuring Markers in English: A historical constructionalist perspective on pragmatics Elizabeth Closs Traugott 2022. xviii, 274 pp.
32	Modality and Diachronic Construction Grammar Edited by Martin Hilpert, Bert Cappelle and Ilse Depraetere 2021. v, 251 pp.
31	Cognitive Aphasiology – A Usage-Based Approach to Language in Aphasia Rachel Hatchard 2021. xx, 311 pp.
30	Constructions in Contact 2: Language change, multilingual practices, and additional language acquisition Edited by Hans C. Boas and Steffen Höder 2021. vii, 437 pp.
29	Give Constructions across Languages Edited by Myriam Bouveret 2021. viii, 246 pp.
28	Frame-Constructional Verb Classes: Change and Theft verbs in English and German Ryan Dux 2020. x, 320 pp.
27	Nodes and Networks in Diachronic Construction Grammar Edited by Lotte Sommerer and Elena Smirnova 2020. vi, 355 pp.
26	English Resultatives: A force-recipient account Seizi Iwata 2020. xx, 549 pp.
25	Causation and Reasoning Constructions Masaru Kanetani 2019. xi, 196 pp.
24	Constructions in Contact: Constructional perspectives on contact phenomena in Germanic languages Edited by Hans C. Boas and Steffen Höder 2018. vi, 316 pp.
23	Conceptual Semantics: A micro-modular approach Urpo Nikanne 2018. xvi, 281 pp.
22	Constructicography: Constructicon development across languages Edited by Benjamin Lyngfelt, Lars Borin, Kyoko Ohara and Tiago Timponi Torrent 2018. viii, 313 pp.
21	Grammaticalization meets Construction Grammar Edited by Evie Coussé, Peter Andersson and Joel Olofsson 2018. vi, 315 pp.
20	Category Change from a Constructional Perspective Edited by Kristel Van Goethem, Muriel Norde, Evie Coussé and Gudrun Vanderbauwhede 2018. vii, 314 pp.
19	Corpus-based Approaches to Construction Grammar Edited by Jiyoung Yoon and Stefan Th. Gries 2016. vi, 268 pp.
18	Diachronic Construction Grammar Edited by Jóhanna Barðdal, Elena Smirnova, Lotte Sommerer and Spike Gildea 2015. xi, 263 pp.
17	Argument Structure in Usage-Based Construction Grammar: Experimental and corpus-based perspectives Florent Perek 2015. x, 246 pp.
16	Subjects in Constructions – Canonical and Non-Canonical Edited by Marja-Liisa Helasvuo and Tuomas Huumo 2015. viii, 324 pp.
15	Romance Perspectives on Construction Grammar Edited by Hans C. Boas and Francisco Gonzálvez-García 2014. x, 316 pp.
14	Frames and Constructions in Metaphoric Language Karen Sullivan 2013. vii, 184 pp.
13	Constructions in French Edited by Myriam Bouveret and Dominique Legallois 2012. vi, 287 pp.
12	Sentence Patterns in English and Hebrew Ron Kuzar 2012. xvii, 254 pp.
11	Design Patterns in Fluid Construction Grammar Edited by Luc Steels 2011. xi, 332 pp.
10	Contrastive Studies in Construction Grammar Edited by Hans C. Boas 2010. vii, 244 pp.
9	Contexts and Constructions Edited by Alexander Bergs and Gabriele Diewald 2009. v, 247 pp.
8	Productivity: Evidence from Case and Argument Structure in Icelandic Jóhanna Barðdal 2008. xiii, 209 pp.
7	Germanic Future Constructions: A usage-based approach to language change Martin Hilpert 2008. ix, 205 pp.
6	Locative Alternation: A lexical-constructional approach Seizi Iwata 2008. xiv, 239 pp.
5	Constructional Reorganization Edited by Jaakko Leino 2008. vi, 155 pp.
4	Grammatical Constructions: Back to the roots Edited by Mirjam Fried and Hans C. Boas 2005. viii, 246 pp.
3	Construction Grammars: Cognitive grounding and theoretical extensions Edited by Jan-Ola Östman and Mirjam Fried 2005. viii, 325 pp.
2	Construction Grammar in a Cross-Language Perspective Edited by Mirjam Fried and Jan-Ola Östman 2004. vi, 209 pp.
1	Functional Constraints in Grammar: On the unergative–unaccusative distinction Susumu Kuno and Ken-ichi Takami 2004. ix, 242 pp.

Editorial info

Editors

Mirjam Fried | Charles University, Czech Republic

Remi van Trijp | Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris

Advisory Board

Peter Auer | University of Freiburg, Germany

Hans C. Boas | University of Texas at Austin, USA

Timothy Colleman | Ghent University, Belgium

William A. Croft | University of New Mexico, USA

Adele E. Goldberg | Princeton University, USA

Martin Hilpert | University of Neuchâtel

Seizi Iwata | Kansai University, Japan

Paul Kay | University of California, Berkeley, USA

Laura A. Michaelis | University of Colorado Boulder, USA

Kyoko Ohara | Keio University, Japan

Jan-Ola Östman | University of Helsinki, Finland

Josef Ruppenhofer | Leibniz-Institute of the German Language, Germany

Michael Tomasello | Duke University, USA

Author info

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Subjects

Linguistics

Cognition and language

Pragmatics

Functional linguistics

Psychology

Cognitive psychology