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Constructions across GrammarsEdited by Martin Hilpert and Jan-Ola Östman
[Benjamins Current Topics 82] 2016
► pp. 67–96
Phonological elements and Diasystematic Construction Grammar
Steffen Höder | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Usage-based CxG approaches share the central assumption that any grammar has to be acquired and organised through input-based abstraction and categorisation. Diasystematic Construction Grammar (DCxG) is based on the idea that these processes are not sensitive to language boundaries. Multilingual input thus results in multilingual grammars which are conceived of as constructicons containing language-specific as well as language-unspecific constructions. Within such systems, phonological structures play an important part in the identification of schematic constructions. However, the status of phonology in DCxG, as in CxG in general, yet remains unclear. This paper presents some arguments for including phonological elements systematically in the construction-based analysis of (multilingual) constructional systems.
Keywords: contact-induced change, Diasystematic Construction Grammar, language contact, multilingualism, phonology
Published online: 22 March 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.82.04hod
https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.82.04hod
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