BJL Festive Reception

Computational Construction Grammar and Constructional Change

After several decades in scientific purgatory, language evolution has reclaimed its place as one of the most important branches in linguistics. This renewed interest is accompanied by powerful new methods for making empirical observations. At the same time, construction grammar is increasingly embraced in all areas of linguistics as a fruitful way of making sense of all these new data, and it has enthused formal and computational linguists, who have developed sophisticated tools for exploring issues in language processing and learning. The Belgian Journal of Linguistics therefore features a special issue that brings together key contributions from both fields to put evidence and methods from both perspectives on the table. To celebrate the publication of this special issue, the Evolutionary Linguistics Association and the Linguistic Society of Belgium are proud to invite you for two keynote presentations about the issue's main topics, and a festive reception where there is plenty of room for discussion.