Constructions in English: from paradigmatic to syntagmatic relations

The paper argues that the present-day Construction Grammar approaches mainly focus on the paradigmatic relations concerning different levels of generalizing constructions and suggests that Construction Grammar take into account syntagmatic relations of the structures singled out by paradigmatic studies. The article differentiates five types of syntagmatic constructions in the English language: immediate, consisting of two or three words; modified with different types of attributes; extended comprising several immediate constructions within one utterance; supersyntactic related across two utterances; textual occurring throughout three and more utterances.