Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Constructions -- 1 Overview -- 2 Surface generalizations -- 3 Item-specific knowledge and generalizations -- Part II: Learning Generalizations -- 4 How argument structure constructions are learned -- 5 How generalizations are constrained -- 6 Why generalizations are learned -- Part III: Explaining Generalizations -- 7 Island constraints and scope -- 8 Grammatical categorization: Subject-Auxiliary Inversion -- 9 Cross-linguistic generalizations in argument realization -- 10 Variations on a constructionist theme -- 11 Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.