Constructional Reorganization -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Grammar as a Construction Site -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Chapter by chapter overview -- 3. Main themes of the volume -- References -- Chapter 2. Resolving form-meaning discrepancies in Construction Grammar -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Syntactic properties of verbs -- 3. Form-meaning relations among abstract constructions -- 4. AHTY as an idiomatic construction -- 4.1 The relevance of verb classes -- 4.2 AHTY with Class II verbs -- 4.3 AHTY with Class I verbs -- 4.4 Partial productivity of AHTY -- 5. The architecture of (Construction) Grammar -- 6. Conclusions and outlook -- References -- Chapter 3. Language change, variability, and functional load -- 1. Overview -- 2. Constructions and language change -- 3. The empirical issue -- 4. Conditions of usage -- 5. The inception, emergence, generalization, and acceptance of a construction -- 6. The construction in relation to other constructions -- 7. The sä passive as a construction -- 8. Theoretical implications for language change -- 9. Language change in terms of constructions -- References -- Chapter 4. Precategoriality and argument structure in Late Archaic Chinese -- 1. Introduction - prerequisites for describing precategoriality in a Construction Grammar framework -- 1.1 Setting the stage -- 1.2 Outline of a Construction Grammar approach to precategoriality - Croft's conceptual space -- 1.3 Markedness in terms of pragmatics (inference of stereotype) -- 1.4 On the structure of the rest of this paper -- 2. Argument structure constructions -- 2.1 Introduction: Basic concepts -- 2.2 Intransitive verbs / Transitive verbs -- 2.3 Lexemes denoting objects and their function in the V-slot -- 2.3.1 Lexemes denoting humans and relations among humans (family or official function).

2.3.2 Lexemes denoting instruments/man-made objects -- 2.3.3 Lexemes denoting sense organs -- 2.3.4 Lexemes denoting places/buildings -- 2.3.5 Lexemes denoting first and second person -- 3. The pragmatic use of precategoriality -- 3.1 The pragmatic relation between lexicon and syntax -- 3.2 Precategoriality and the discussion of philosophical concepts -- 4. Conclusion and outlook -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 5. Variations in Japanese honorification - deviations or a change in the making? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. O-V-suru construction: Use 1 - Nonsubject honorifics -- 3. O-V-suru construction: Direction toward performative honorifics -- 3.1 Use 2: Subject Referent ≈ Speaker -- Non-Subject Referent ≈ Addressee -- 3.2 Use 3: Addressee Honorific Use (Subject Referent ≈ Addressee) -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6. Constructing reasoning -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Syntactic composition and distribution -- 3. Functions of the connective att -- 4. Functions of för att in conversational sequences -- 4.1 Predication-complementing för att -- 4.2 Discourse-evaluating för att -- 4.3 Action-justifying för att -- 4.4 Summary of the causal constructions -- 5. Functions of så att in conversational sequences -- 6. Functions of men att in conversational sequences -- 7. Summary and conclusions -- Data -- References -- Transcription symbols and grammatical abbreviations -- Subject index -- Index of constructions -- The series Constructional Approaches to Language.