This volume sheds new light on verb constructions by exposing them to cross-linguistic analysis based on multilingual corpora. It is composed of nine studies wh
Complex predicates are multipredicational, but monoclausal structures. They have proven problematic for linguistic theory, particularly for proposed distinction
A serial verb construction is a sequence of verbs which acts together as one. This oustanding book is the first to study the phenomenon across languages of diff
Research on language universals and research on linguistic typology are not antagonistic, but rather complementary approaches to the same fundamental problem: t
This volume gives an easily accessible, yet comprehensive, sophisticated, and example-rich introduction to Construction Grammar as it has been developed from th