RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hilpert, Martin YR 2009 T1 The German mit-predicative construction JF Constructions and Frames VO 1 IS 1 SP 29 OP 55 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/cf.1.1.03hil PB John Benjamins SN 1876-1933, AB This paper discusses a usage pattern with German mit ‘with’ that is labelled here as the German mit-predicative construction. The pattern has been mentioned in previous research, but a usage-based constructional account is still missing. A qualitative analysis shows that the construction is subject to a number of constraints that point to its function as a predicative construction. It is argued that its constructional meaning can be adequately captured through the semantic frames of being in a category and having an attribute. Through the application of Hierarchical Configural Frequency Analysis to a corpus-based sample of 356 instances of the mit-predicative, it is shown that the construction can be analyzed as a cluster of five subtypes that display different typical structural and semantic traits. Through the analysis, the paper offers a perspective on intra-constructional variation and how such variation can be exploited for the purpose of grammatical description., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/cf.1.1.03hil