<p><p>This book presents the current state of the art on Construction Grammar models and usage-based language learning research. It reports on three psycholinguistic experiments conducted with the participation of university-level Italian learners of English, whose second language proficiency corresponds to levels B1 and B2 of the 'Common European Framework of Reference for Languages' (CEFR). This...

Part I. Constructional Approaches to Language Complexity.- Introduction: Theoretical Prerequisites.- 1. Complex Adaptive Systems: The Case of Language.- 2. The Complex Dynamics of Meaning Construction.- 3. Construction Grammars.- Part II. Experimental Studies: Psychological Evidence of Constructional Meaning.- Introduction: Priming.- 4. Sentence-sorting Experiment.- 5. Sentence-elicitation Experim...

Part I. Constructional Approaches to Language Complexity.- Introduction: Theoretical Prerequisites.- 1. Complex Adaptive Systems: The Case of Language.- 2. The Complex Dynamics of Meaning Construction.- 3. Construction Grammars.- Part II. Experimental Studies: Psychological Evidence of Constructional Meaning.- Introduction: Priming.- 4. Sentence-sorting Experiment.- 5. Sentence-elicitation Experim...

Part I. Constructional Approaches to Language Complexity.- Introduction: Theoretical Prerequisites.- 1. Complex Adaptive Systems: The Case of Language.- 2. The Complex Dynamics of Meaning Construction.- 3. Construction Grammars.- Part II. Experimental Studies: Psychological Evidence of Constructional Meaning.- Introduction: Priming.- 4. Sentence-sorting Experiment.- 5. Sentence-elicitation Experim...

Part I. Constructional Approaches to Language Complexity.- Introduction: Theoretical Prerequisites.- 1. Complex Adaptive Systems: The Case of Language.- 2. The Complex Dynamics of Meaning Construction.- 3. Construction Grammars.- Part II. Experimental Studies: Psychological Evidence of Constructional Meaning.- Introduction: Priming.- 4. Sentence-sorting Experiment.- 5. Sentence-elicitation Experim...

This book presents the current state of the art on Construction Grammar models and usage-based language learning research. It reports on three psycholinguistic experiments conducted with the participation of university-level Italian learners of English, whose second language proficiency corresponds to levels B1 and B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). This empiric...

Part I. Constructional Approaches to Language Complexity.- Introduction: Theoretical Prerequisites.- 1. Complex Adaptive Systems: The Case of Language.- 2. The Complex Dynamics of Meaning Construction.- 3. Construction Grammars.- Part II. Experimental Studies: Psychological Evidence of Constructional Meaning.- Introduction: Priming.- 4. Sentence-sorting Experiment.- 5. Sentence-elicitation Experim...

This book presents the current state of the art on Construction Grammar models and usage-based language learning research. It reports on three psycholinguistic experiments conducted with the participation of university-level Italian learners of English, whose second language proficiency corresponds to levels B1 and B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). This empiric...