Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Previous studies: from gestalt to construction
  • 3. Constructions of causation and reasoning
  • 4. Focalizations of because- and since-clauses
  • 5. Causal construction and reasoning construction in Japanese
  • 6. Constructions of metalinguistic reasons
  • 7. Analogy in construction grammar: the case of just because of x doesn't mean y
  • 8. Innovative use of because
  • 9. Conclusion
  • References.