This Element introduces a usage-based computational approach to Construction Grammar that draws on techniques from natural language processing and unsupervised machine learning. The computational experiments are important for testing the…

It is always night in the cave. Take my cold hand.

Weeks before young Fern Keegan sees what she sees in the river tunnel during the Old Castle floods, a…

Forcefully-retired zoo-keeper Mick Munroe is hiding two BIG things: Alzheimer's and a 42 year-old Indian elephant called Sinbad.

Mick and his elephant become overnight on-the-run, anti-hero legends when Mick, an…

Atheist Dr. Jonathan Dunraven meets Jesus in a most nightmarish way. But Jonathan goes on to discover that the holy man is actually a wisecracking, miracle-making joker with a chilling…

The ‘barefoot shadow’ in this story is Elsa’s great-aunt, Sagrario, who always goes about the house without shoes. A sense of guilt hangs around the figure of her great-aunt, which…

Miranda's parents, Asterius and Melina, run a tavern in Syracuse, a historic city on the Italian island of Sicily. They are immigrants from Crete, which they had to leave in…

Two school students, Sofia and Lupe, are sexually assaulted in the early hours, after a fancy-dress dinner. They now have to face the choice whether to press charges, and the…

Sam is a drug addict with a sense of humour. One particular escapade lands him in hospital, where he makes friends with the old man in the adjoining bed and…