Deconstructing Constructions

1. Contributors; 2. Introduction (by Butler, Christopher S.); 3. Part I. Theoretical issues; 4. Innovative coinage: Its place in the grammar (by Garcia Velasco, Daniel); 5. The construction of macro-events: A typological perspective (by Pedersen, Johan); 6. Constructions, co-composition and merge (by Martinez Fernandez, Beatriz); 7. A typology of morphological constructions (by Martin Arista, Javier); 8. Part II. The Lexical Constructional Model: An overview; 9. The Lexical Constructional Model: Genesis, strengths and challenges (by Butler, Christopher S.); 10. Levels of description and explanation in meaning construction (by Mairal-Uson, Ricardo); 11. Measuring out reflexivity in secondary predication in English and Spanish: Evidence from cognition verbs (by Gonzalvez-Garcia, Francisco); 12. Measuring out reflexivity in secondary predication in English and Spanish: Evidence from cognition verbs (by Gonzalvez-Garcia, Francisco); 13. The inchoative construction: Semantic representation and unification constraints (by Cortes Rodriguez, Francisco J.); 14. Semantic and pragmatic constraints on the English get-passive (by Guerrero Medina, Pilar); 15. Name index; 16. Language index; 17. Subject index