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This Volume Provides A General Overview Of Sign-based Construction Grammar (sbcg), The Synthesis Of Berkeley Construction Grammar And Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar That Emerged From A Decade Of Interactions Between Ivan Sag, Charles Fillmore, Paul Kay And Laura Michaelis. The Papers Collected Here Also Demonstrate The Analytic Value Of Sbcg For A Variety Of Linguistic Problems -- Some Old Chestnuts, Others Untouched By 'mainstream' Theories.--p. [4] Of Cover. Introducing Sign-based Construction Grammar / Ivan A. Sag, Hans C. Boas, And Paul Kay -- Making The Case For Construction Grammar / Laura A. Michaelis -- Sign-based Construction Grammar : An Informal Synopsis / Ivan A. Sag -- The Distribution Of That-clauses In English : An Sbcg Account / Gert Webelhuth -- Cleaning Up The Big Mess : Discontinuous Dependencies And Complex Determiners / Paul Kay & Ivan A. Sag -- Reconstructing Syntax : Construction Grammar And The Comparative Method / Jóhanna Barđdal & Thórhallur Eythórsson -- The Framenet Constructicon / Charles J. Fillmore, Russell R. Lee-goldman, And Russell Rhomieux. Hans C. Boas & Ivan A. Sag. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.