Editing Construction Grammar (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Analyzing</span> ==
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|+ Generative Grammar vs. Construction Grammar
! Feature !! Generative Grammar (Chomsky) !! Construction Grammar (Goldberg/Fillmore)
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| Source || "Innate" Universal Grammar (DNA) || "Learned" from Usage (Culture)
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| Unit || "Rules" + "Words" || "Constructions" (Form-Meaning Pairs)
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| Meaning || "Added" after the syntax is built || "Built-into" the syntax itself
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| Idioms || "Exceptions" to the rules || "Central" to the system
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| Analogy || A 'Calculator' applying formulas || A 'Toolbox' of pre-made parts
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'''The Concept of "Coalescence"''': Analyzing "The Birth of Words." Sometimes a "Phrase" is used so often that it "Freezes" into a "Construction" (e.g., 'Gonna' from 'Going to'). CxG explains how "Grammar" is constantly "Evolving" from "Frequent Usage." It is "History in Motion."
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