TY - JOUR AU - Collins, John PY - 2022/07/20 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A plea for explanation JF - Manuscrito: Revista Internacional de Filosofia JA - Manuscrito - Rev. Int. Fil. VL - 45 IS - 2 SE - Artigos DO - UR - https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8670451 SP - 217-229 AB - <p>The paper responds to Duffley's hypothesis that syntactic phenomena are explicable by the ways in which constructions are used. A model of explanation will be offered, and on this basis 'tough' constructions and the general counterfunctionality of syntax will be discussed.</p> ER -