What is it about?
If we have a curved rubber bend, we can stretch it into a straight line. In grammar, construction is like the curved rubber bend, and structure is like a straight line. By stretching the curve into a line, we make the two forms represent the same content.
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Why is it important?
If composition in grammar is the only tool we can apply well, then we need to turn a construction into a structure for grammatical analysis.
Perspectives
If the view offered is accepted, then Generative Grammar would have met a challenge from Construction Grammar.
Professor of Chinesee Hsin-I Hsieh
University of Hawaii System
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This page is a summary of: Differentiating a construction into a structure, International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, December 2018, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/ijchl.17009.hsi.
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