Setayesh Dashti’s Reviews > Rhyme and Reason: An Introduction to Minimalist Syntax > Status Update

"To the extent that there are no construction-universal processes, linguists are led to wonder whether specific constructions are anything but a taxonomic way of talking about specific properties of a given language, with no theoretical status in the system at large ... the conclusion being that constructions do not exist in any theoretical sense."

The first chapter is more like a crash course on the history of science. Cool indeed!