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23.1 Introduction 23.1 Introduction
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23.2 Lexis and grammar in linguistic theorizing 23.2 Lexis and grammar in linguistic theorizing
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23.2.1 Generative models 23.2.1 Generative models
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23.2.1.1 Generative syntax: the Government & Binding Model (G&B) and the Minimalist Program (MP) 23.2.1.1 Generative syntax: the Government & Binding Model (G&B) and the Minimalist Program (MP)
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23.2.1.2 Distributed Morphology (DM) 23.2.1.2 Distributed Morphology (DM)
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23.2.1.3 HPSG 23.2.1.3 HPSG
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23.2.1.4 Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) 23.2.1.4 Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG)
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23.2.2 Functional models 23.2.2 Functional models
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23.2.2.1 Dik’s model 23.2.2.1 Dik’s model
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23.2.2.2 Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) 23.2.2.2 Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG)
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23.2.3 Corpus Linguistics: new methods opening up new perspectives 23.2.3 Corpus Linguistics: new methods opening up new perspectives
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23.2.4 Usage-based theories 23.2.4 Usage-based theories
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23.2.4.1 Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar 23.2.4.1 Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar
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23.2.4.2 Goldbergian Construction Grammar 23.2.4.2 Goldbergian Construction Grammar
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23.3 Summary 23.3 Summary
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Acknowledgements Acknowledgements
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23 Grammar and Lexis
Get accessDoris Schönefeld is a Professor of Linguistics at the Institute of British Studies at the University of Leipzig (Germany). She works in the field of usage-based (cognitive) linguistics with a special focus on Construction Grammar. In addition to research into particular constructions of English (such as copular GO constructions), she is interested in more general linguistic issues, such as the relationship between lexicon and syntax (Where Lexicon and Syntax Meet, 2001, Mouton de Gruyter) and methodologies in empirical linguistic research (co-authored articles (2005, 2010), and an edited book on Converging Evidence: Methodological and Theoretical Issues for Linguistic Research, 2011, John Benjamins).
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Published:05 March 2020
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Abstract
This chapter is concerned with lexis and grammar and discusses the relationship between them from the perspective of a selected number of specific, formal and functional, linguistic theories. The assumptions held can basically be associated with two positions. One considers the two phenomena as distinct parts of language (dual-system theories, representative of formalist frameworks), and the other suggests that lexicon and grammar are gradient phenomena sitting on a continuum (single-system models, representative of functional approaches). Both positions are elaborated and evaluated as to how well observations from language use fit into them. The existence of lexical and grammatical units (having different properties) as well as many ‘mixed’ units containing lexical and grammatical elements (exhibiting properties of both) suggest no clear dividing line between lexis and grammar. Instead, their relation can be understood in terms of Aarts’ (2007a: 163) ‘intersective gradience’, as intersecting sets of properties rather than intersecting categories.
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