Meanings
nounconstruction grammar (plural construction grammars)
plural construction grammars
- A family of theories within the field of cognitive linguistics which posit that constructions, or learned pairings of linguistic patterns with meanings, are the fundamental building blocks of human language.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 構式語法 /构式语法, 構造語法 /构造语法
- 構式語法 /构式语法 (gòushì yǔfǎ)Translations
- 構造語法 /构造语法 (gòuzào yǔfǎ)Translations
Czech konstrukční gramatika
- konstrukční gramatikaTranslations
French grammaire de construction
- grammaire de constructionTranslations
German Konstruktionsgrammatik
- KonstruktionsgrammatikTranslations
Italian grammatica delle costruzioni
- grammatica delle costruzioniTranslations
Japanese 構文文法
- 構文文法 (kōbun-bunpō)Translations
Korean 구문문법
- 구문문법 (gumunmunbeop)Translations
Spanish gramática de construcciones
- gramática de construccionesTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
construction grammar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/construction%20grammar
MLA
“construction grammar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/construction%20grammar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “construction grammar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/construction%20grammar.
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