Linguistic theories based on the notion of constructions are a recent development in linguistics, which has revitalized the discussion in fields such as syntax, lexicography, and argument structure theory.
it is useful for describing partially schematic constructions: templatic patterns that exhibit lexical as well as syntactic properties, which are too specific to be referred to general grammar rules, but too general to be attributed to specific lexical units, which is a reason why they historically have been overlooked (Fillmore et al., 1988).