Creative Construction Grammar

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Thomas Hoffmann (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) Mark Turner (Case Western Reserve University)

Creative Construction Grammar

Name: Creative Construction Grammar
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Thomas Hoffmann (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt), Mark Turner (Case Western Reserve University)

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Cambridge University Press
08 January 2026

Psycholinguistics; Grammar, syntax; Cognitivism, cognitive theory

Series: Elements in Cognitive Linguistics

Constructions are long-term pairings in memory of form and meaning. How are they created and learned, how do they change, and how do they combine into new utterances (constructs, communicative performances) in working memory? Drawing on evidence from word-formation (blending, Noun-Noun-compounds) over idioms and argument structure constructions to multimodal communication, we argue that computational metaphors such as 'unification' or 'constraint-satisfaction' do not constitute a cognitively adequate explanation. Instead, we put forward the idea that construction combination is performed by Conceptual Blending – a domain-general process of higher cognition that has been used to explain complex human behavior such as, inter alia, scientific discovery, reasoning, art, music, dance, math, social cognition, and religion. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

By: Thomas Hoffmann (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt), Mark Turner (Case Western Reserve University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 265g
ISBN: 9781009635257
ISBN 10: 1009635255
Series: Elements in Cognitive Linguistics
Pages: 88
Publication Date: 08 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. What is 'creative construction grammar'?; 2. Why construction grammar needs a theory of creative combination; 3. Candidate theories of creative combination; 4. Blending; 5. Creative construction grammar: blending in action; 6. Conclusion; References.