Revista

Special Issue: New Approaches to Construction Grammar(s) -- Nous enfocaments en la/les Gramàtica/ques de Construccions -- Nuevos enfoques en la(s) Gramática(s) de Construcciones

Guest editors:

Carmen Mellado Blanco (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)

Pedro Ivorra Ordines (Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza)

Maricel Esteban-Fonollosa (Universitat de València)

The current special issue, New Approaches to Construction Grammar(s), reflects the ongoing expansion and diversification of CxG, delving into both theoretical refinements and empirical advances. As constructionist approaches continue to evolve, they are marked by a vibrant engagement with new linguistic phenomena, interdisciplinary methods, and emerging areas of research. As the title indicates, this issue emphasizes several core trends that underscore the innovative spirit of contemporary CxG research, each of which highlights the versatility and adaptability of constructionist frameworks.

Core and boundaries of the notion of phraseme construction

Cool, cooler, Clooney – A corpus-based and relevance-theoretic analysis of the superlative heading construction in German

Why use constructional hyperboles? Exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom Friends

Constructional borrowing in indirect language contact situations: from Watergate to Fernándezgate

La expresión hiperbólica de las sensaciones en español y alemán: análisis de las construcciones fraseológicas [morir(se) de (ART) Ssing{sensación}] y [vor NSg{Gefühlsempfindung}sterben]

Snowclones: unas construcciones “para entrar a vivir”

Contrastive is the new black: A cross-linguistic study of a “snowclone” in English, German, and Spanish