Module 06
Construction Grammar
Construction Grammar's insight that form and meaning are inseparable — and why this matters for transformer architectures.
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Structure
2 Lessons
Investment
1.5h
Level
Advanced
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6.1 — Constructions & Language Models
The construction as the basic unit of grammar — how form-meaning pairings work across all linguistic levels.
Learning Objectives
1
Define the linguistic construction as an irreducible form-meaning pairing at any level of structure
2
Identify constructions at different linguistic levels: idiom, argument structure, clause, and discourse
3
Explain why Construction Grammar fundamentally challenges the grammar/lexicon divide in linguistics