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constructional

constructional

7.5
About sentence patterns and how words are put together
  • adjective
  • /kənˈstrʌkʃənl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : constructivo
  • The linguist focused on the constructional patterns that underlie the formation of sentences.

Examples

  • What is more, a minimal identification in the text of an individual with predicates is a prerequisite for thematic and constructional analyses.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The third case, the constructional technique employed by Ernest Hemingway in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," is the most interesting.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Through cognitive models, we direct attention towards a person's actual constructional activities.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Goodman's constructional analysis is kind of the same thinking as in its structure of appearance and so on.

  • Not only is it the closest to our initial, intuitive conception, but it is also more specific than the thematic or constructional ones.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Within the context of our own study, this may be a parent or older sibling watching a younger child initiate a task, conceptual or constructional.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Understanding constructional grammar helps explain how words combine to create meaning.

  • Teachers often use constructional examples to demonstrate the rules of syntax in language.

Synonyms

syntactical
vsconstructional
  • Specialized
1 7.6

Relating to the rules that tell how words make sentences in a language

applies to wider language patterns and uses beyond sentence rules
paradigmatic
vsconstructional
  • Specialized
1 9.3

Relating to a model that shows word forms in grammar

covers broader language patterns and structures rather than only model sets
formational
vsconstructional
  • Specialized
6.5

About how people make new words and structures

focuses on existing language patterns and structures rather than creation process

Surface Forms

constructional positive

Morphology

constructional = construction (semi-transparent) = construct + ion + al

The word is regularly formed from 'construction' + '-al', but the linguistic sense is technical and may not be fully inferable for an average learner.

Etymology

Constructional comes from construct, which means 'to build' and is like the words construction and structure. So, a language 'construction' is like a little building made of words, and constructional means 'about how sentences are built'.