Inheritance

Inheritance

The idea that constructions in the contraction follow the Principle of maximised motivation by inheriting structure (form and/or meaning) from one another. This is modelled in construction grammar by positing a range of inheritance links between constructions.

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The transmission of particular characteristics and/or genes from generation to generation.

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Not something that is contained in a will, but rather a gene, chromosome or genome that is transmitted from parent to child.

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