Abstract:With advances in corpus‐informed descriptions of patterns in English grammar, research has revealed a wealth of detailed, specific, and meaningful form–meaning mappings and frequency information that provide teachers with attested examples of items with similar grammatical patterns and similar meanings. Starting from a discourse‐ or genre‐based approach has led to a complementary set of meaning–form mappings. Both sets can usefully inform grammar instruction, teaching materials, and syllabus plans.
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