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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2025

Susan Hunston
Susan Hunston
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University of Birmingham

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Pattern, Construction, System
A Unified Approach to Grammar and Lexis
 , pp. vii - viii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025
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Contents

  1. List of Figures

  2. List of Tables

  3. Acknowledgements

  4. 1Introduction

    1. 1.1Prologue

    2. 1.2The Background to This Book

    3. 1.3The Organisation of the Book

    4. 1.4A Note on Websites, Corpora, and Conventions

  5. 2Background to Pattern Grammar and Construction Grammar

    1. 2.1Introduction

    2. 2.2Pattern Grammar

    3. 2.3Construction Grammar

    4. 2.4Pattern Grammar and Construction Grammar Compared

    5. 2.5Conclusion

  6. 3From Pattern to Constructions

    1. 3.1Background

    2. 3.2Meaning Groups and Constructions: The Example of ‘V into n’

    3. 3.3The Most Difficult Pattern: ‘V n’

    4. 3.4From Constructions to Construction Network

    5. 3.5The Construction Networks as Heuristic: Identifying Distinctions

    6. 3.6Conclusion

  7. 4Semantic Role Annotation

    1. 4.1Introduction

    2. 4.2Corpus Pattern Analysis

    3. 4.3Participant Roles in Systemic Functional Grammar

    4. 4.4Local Grammar

    5. 4.5FrameNet

    6. 4.6Semantic Fields and Participant Roles in This Study

    7. 4.7Conclusion

  8. 5Background to Systemic Functional Grammar

    1. 5.1Introduction: Systemic Functional Linguistics

    2. 5.2A Brief Introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar

    3. 5.3Perspectives on Systemic Functional Grammar and Lexis

    4. 5.4Conclusion

  9. 6Constructions in Meaning Networks: Causation

    1. 6.1Introduction

    2. 6.2Causation

    3. 6.3The Causation Meaning Network

    4. 6.4The Causation Systemic Network

    5. 6.5Conclusion

  10. 7Semantic Fields: Cognition and Communication

    1. 7.1Introduction

    2. 7.2The Semantic Fields of Cognition and Communication: Selected Concepts

    3. 7.3Cognition and Communication in This Study

    4. 7.4From Construction to Network: Cognition

    5. 7.5From Construction to Network: Communication

    6. 7.6Conclusion

  11. 8Semantic Fields: Material and Relational

    1. 8.1Introduction

    2. 8.2The Change Semantic Field

    3. 8.3The Creation Semantic Field

    4. 8.4The Location Change Semantic Field

    5. 8.5The Possession Transfer Semantic Field

    6. 8.6The Equivalence Semantic Field

    7. 8.7The Logical Relations Semantic Field

    8. 8.8Conclusion

  12. 9Discussion and Conclusion

    1. 9.1Summary of the Study

    2. 9.2Contribution to Construction Grammar and Its Applications

    3. 9.3Contribution to Systemic Functional Grammar

    4. 9.4Conclusion

  13. References

  14. Index

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  • Book: Pattern, Construction, System
  • Online publication: 21 August 2025
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