Editing Grammatical construction

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In [[linguistics]], a '''grammatical construction''' is any [[syntax|syntactic]] string of words ranging from [[Sentence (linguistics)|sentence]]s over [[phrase structure rules|phrasal structures]] to certain complex [[lexeme]]s, such as [[phrasal verb]]s.

Grammatical constructions form the primary unit of study in [[construction grammar]] theories. In construction grammar, [[cognitive grammar]], and [[cognitive linguistics]], a grammatical construction is a [[syntactic]] [[:wikt:template|template]] that is paired with conventionalized [[Semantics|semantic]] and [[Pragmatics|pragmatic]] content. In [[generative grammar|generative]] frameworks, constructions are generally treated as epiphenomenal, being derived by the general syntactic rules of the language in question.

==See also==
* [[Construction grammar]]
* [[Formal grammar]]
==References==
* [[Ronald W. Langacker]], ''Foundations of Cognitive Grammar Volume I'', Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1987. {{ISBN|0-8047-3852-1}}
* [[Adele Goldberg (linguist)|Adele E. Goldberg]], ''Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure'', The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1995. {{ISBN|0-226-30086-2}}
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[[Category:Syntactic entities]]
[[Category: Grammatical construction types]]