New Progress in the English Grammar Studies by Means of Usage-Based Construction Grammar:A Review of Construction Grammar:The Structure of English
Hoffmann's book Construction Grammar:The Structure of English(2022)uses a usage-based construction grammar approach to provide a detailed description and thorough explanation of English grammar,reflecting the new academic frontier of English grammar studies.The book covers various aspects of English grammatic analyses,including word-formation,inflectional and phrasal constructions,clausal constructions and information structure constructions.It also addresses how to use the construction grammar approach to explain the acquisition,variation and evolution of the English language.Moreover,it provides an in-depth comparison of the similarities and differences among the main schools of construction grammar,advocates for Constructional Approach to Syntactic Analysis,and provides a forward-looking summary.
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