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Epistemological context, basic assumptions and historical implications
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Jóhanna Barðdal
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The main goal of this chapter is to discuss the value of the Construction Grammar framework to solving perceived problems with diachronic syntax. As such, one part of this chapter provides a condensed review of previous research in diachronic syntax, including a brief discussion of why many linguists have doubted the value of such work. While most of this early work did not emphasize the importance of constructions to our understanding of either synchronic or diachronic syntax, we do identify earlier examples of work for which the notion of construction was crucial, although not richly developed. The bulk of the chapter then proposes ways in which a constructional perspective/theory allows us to address some of these perceived problems with the study of diachronic syntax, hence providing a research context for the individual studies published in this volume.
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Toward a coherent account of grammatical constructionalization
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Elizabeth Closs Traugott
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Diachronic construction grammar addresses a range of theoretical topics from lexicalization to grammaticalization. In most cases, a historical dimension has been added to a largely synchronic theory, or construction grammar has been seen as a tool for diachronic analysis. In the spirit of rethinking grammaticalization in construction grammar terms, the present chapter focuses on how a constructionalization approach can inform certain debates in the grammaticalization literature. The specific debates addressed are: (1) Is it possible to reconcile the two current main views of grammaticalization as (a) reduced form and increased dependency (Lehmann 1995; Haspelmath 2004), or (b) expansion of contexts (Himmelmann 2004)? (2) Is there “pure” grammaticalization without analogy (Haspelmath 2004; Lehmann 2004)? (3) What relative weight should be given to reanalysis and analogy (Fischer 2007)? The answer to the first question is that from a constructional perspective the two approaches to grammaticalization can indeed be reconciled. With respect to the second and third questions, there can be no “pure” grammaticalization without analogy understood as a motivation (analogical thinking). Since reanalysis can occur independently of analogy and accompanies analogy understood as a mechanism (analogization), it encompasses more changes and is therefore primary. This approach is illustrated with a new look at the development of BE going to in English.
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Constructionalization and constructional change
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The
role of context in the development of constructions
The role of context in the development of constructions
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278242325
Elena Smirnova
Smirnova, Elena
Elena
Smirnova
Leibniz Universität Hannover
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https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/278242325
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eng
03
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In recent constructional approaches to language change, the distinction between constructionalization and constructional changes has been made (cf. e.g. Rostila 2004; Noël 2007; Traugott & Trousdale 2013; Traugott this volume). The term constructionalization generally refers to the formation of new constructions, while diverse changes in existing constructions are labeled as constructional changes. This chapter focuses on the impact of context in the development of new constructions. It proposes to model constructionalization as a gradual accumulation of contextual restrictions followed by a structural reorganization of language material, whereby pieces of relevant contextual information are integrated into a new construction type. Two case studies and some further examples from the literature will demonstrate how the proposed model accounts for the development of new constructions from different domains of grammar.
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The
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Revisiting category emergence and the development of the definite article in English
Revisiting category emergence and the development of the definite article in English
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Lotte Sommerer
Sommerer, Lotte
Lotte
Sommerer
University of Vienna, Vienna
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In this chapter it will be argued that a proper understanding of grammaticalization has to take into account the driving force of lexically underspecified constructions. Using evidence from an extensive qualitative and quantitative corpus study in the York-Toronto-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Old English Prose (YCOE), it will be suggested that the OE demonstrative se developed into the definite article due to the emergence of an abstract, syntactic, and lexically underspecified macro-construction with a determination slot for marking definiteness in early Old English. This slot becomes a functionally exploitable structural category itself, which leads to the recruitment of the demonstrative as a default slot filler (= definite article). What has traditionally been interpreted as a case of grammaticalization on the morphosyntactic level (OE demonstrative se > ModE article the) is at the same time a case of “grammatical constructionalization.” The demonstrative does not grammaticalize on its own but in the context of an emerging schematic construction, which is formalized as the [[Xdeterminative]DETERMINATION + [Zcn]HEAD]NP{def}– construction. The emergence of this construction is best explained by a usage-based, form-driven, analogical model of morphosyntactic change which takes into account the frequency of linguistic surface forms (i.e. concrete tokens) and the formal influence of taxonomically related constructions.
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Irregular morphology in regular syntactic patterns
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A case of constructional re-alignment
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Mirjam Fried
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Mirjam
Fried
Charles University, Prague
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In exploring the multi-dimensional and incremental nature of grammatical change that emerges from the recurrent interaction between a form and its environment, this study demonstrates that a systematic examination of morphological irregularity can enrich our understanding of the anatomy of grammatical change. The empirical focus is the functional crystallization of a particular type of participial adjective (PA) in Old Czech, as manifested in morphologically irregular tokens of this category. The analysis of their behavior vis-à-vis the regular PAs in comparable environments (clausal vs. adnominal constructions) shows that the two formation types are both sensitive to roughly the same set of features in developing a different functional status (secondary predicate vs. adnominal modifier), but each ‘compensates’ for the mismatch between its morphology and each syntactic function in a characteristically different way. At the theoretical level, the analysis leads toward clarifying the content of the notion ‘constructionalization’ as a hypothetically distinct type of change, and offers some thoughts on spelling out the role of constructions in grammatical reorganization.
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On the relation between inheritance and change
On the relation between inheritance and change
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Constructional Convergence and the Construction Network Reconfiguration Hypotheses
The Constructional Convergence and the Construction Network Reconfiguration Hypotheses
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166242328
Tiago Timponi Torrent
Torrent, Tiago Timponi
Tiago Timponi
Torrent
Federal University of Juiz de Fora
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This work addresses the relation between inheritance and change in the framework of Diachronic Construction Grammar. Given that change is commonly thought of as a linear unidirectional path and inheritance relations tend to be organized in a multidirectional radial fashion, I propose two hypotheses to account for the way new constructions emerge in a language and their relation to existing constructions. The Constructional Convergence Hypothesis claims that historically unrelated constructions can come to participate in the same formally and functionally motivated network of constructions. Such participation results from a series of changes that merge the form and meaning of the new construction into an already existing pattern. The Construction Network Reconfiguration Hypothesis then proposes that, as new constructions emerge, inheritance relations in construction networks change. The change drives speakers to propose new links between constructions regardless of linear relationships. To demonstrate the validity of this claim, I develop an analysis of constructions from the Para Infinitive family of constructions in Brazilian Portuguese, based on extensive data collection from the 13th to the 21st century. The analyses show that speakers seem to have reconfigured the Para Infinitive construction network as far back as the 13th century. Since then, the emergence of new patterns has led to the expansion of the network and the reconfiguration of its inheritance links.
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Constructionalization and post-constructionalization
Constructionalization and post-constructionalization
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The
constructional semantics of the Dutch krijgen-passive from a diachronic perspective
The constructional semantics of the Dutch krijgen-passive from a diachronic perspective
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92242329
Timothy Colleman
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Timothy
Colleman
Ghent University
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The grammatical literature on Dutch generally distinguishes two “passive” alternatives to the active double object construction, one of which, the so-called krijgen-passive is a fairly recent addition to the grammar, the earliest reported examples dating from around 1900. The present chapter addresses the early and subsequent history of this construction from a diachronic constructionist perspective. The first part of the chapter uses data from the 1900–1935 volumes of the Dutch periodical De Gids to reconstruct the lexical and semantic range of the krijgen-passive in its very first decades of life, in order to investigate which (semantic and/or morphological) subclasses of ditransitive verbs played a pathbreaking role in the development of this new construction from other krijgen + participle constructions, i.e. in the constructionalization of the krijgen-passive. The second part of the chapter looks into post-constructionalization semantic change, i.e. into the subsequent expansion of the newly emerged construction towards more sub-classes of ditransitive verbs, on the basis of data from the diachronic CONDIV-corpus (1950s to 1990s). Contra recent non-constructionist proposals, it will be argued that the krijgen-passive is an argument structure construction in its own right, with a semantic dynamics of its own, and that the apparently random constraints on its present-day distribution are less puzzling when viewed against the background of the construction’s genesis and subsequent semantic expansion.
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Epistemological context, basic assumptions and historical implications
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Jóhanna Barðdal
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Barðdal
Ghent University & University of Bergen
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Spike Gildea
Gildea, Spike
Spike
Gildea
University of Oregon & Collegium de Lyon
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03
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The main goal of this chapter is to discuss the value of the Construction Grammar framework to solving perceived problems with diachronic syntax. As such, one part of this chapter provides a condensed review of previous research in diachronic syntax, including a brief discussion of why many linguists have doubted the value of such work. While most of this early work did not emphasize the importance of constructions to our understanding of either synchronic or diachronic syntax, we do identify earlier examples of work for which the notion of construction was crucial, although not richly developed. The bulk of the chapter then proposes ways in which a constructional perspective/theory allows us to address some of these perceived problems with the study of diachronic syntax, hence providing a research context for the individual studies published in this volume.
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Toward a coherent account of grammatical constructionalization
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A01
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Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Traugott, Elizabeth Closs
Elizabeth Closs
Traugott
Stanford University
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eng
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Diachronic construction grammar addresses a range of theoretical topics from lexicalization to grammaticalization. In most cases, a historical dimension has been added to a largely synchronic theory, or construction grammar has been seen as a tool for diachronic analysis. In the spirit of rethinking grammaticalization in construction grammar terms, the present chapter focuses on how a constructionalization approach can inform certain debates in the grammaticalization literature. The specific debates addressed are: (1) Is it possible to reconcile the two current main views of grammaticalization as (a) reduced form and increased dependency (Lehmann 1995; Haspelmath 2004), or (b) expansion of contexts (Himmelmann 2004)? (2) Is there “pure” grammaticalization without analogy (Haspelmath 2004; Lehmann 2004)? (3) What relative weight should be given to reanalysis and analogy (Fischer 2007)? The answer to the first question is that from a constructional perspective the two approaches to grammaticalization can indeed be reconciled. With respect to the second and third questions, there can be no “pure” grammaticalization without analogy understood as a motivation (analogical thinking). Since reanalysis can occur independently of analogy and accompanies analogy understood as a mechanism (analogization), it encompasses more changes and is therefore primary. This approach is illustrated with a new look at the development of BE going to in English.
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Constructionalization and constructional change
Constructionalization and constructional change
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The
role of context in the development of constructions
The role of context in the development of constructions
1
A01
01
JB code
278242325
Elena Smirnova
Smirnova, Elena
Elena
Smirnova
Leibniz Universität Hannover
07
https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/278242325
01
eng
03
00
In recent constructional approaches to language change, the distinction between constructionalization and constructional changes has been made (cf. e.g. Rostila 2004; Noël 2007; Traugott & Trousdale 2013; Traugott this volume). The term constructionalization generally refers to the formation of new constructions, while diverse changes in existing constructions are labeled as constructional changes. This chapter focuses on the impact of context in the development of new constructions. It proposes to model constructionalization as a gradual accumulation of contextual restrictions followed by a structural reorganization of language material, whereby pieces of relevant contextual information are integrated into a new construction type. Two case studies and some further examples from the literature will demonstrate how the proposed model accounts for the development of new constructions from different domains of grammar.
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The
influence of constructions in grammaticalization
The influence of constructions in grammaticalization
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Revisiting category emergence and the development of the definite article in English
Revisiting category emergence and the development of the definite article in English
1
A01
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JB code
622242326
Lotte Sommerer
Sommerer, Lotte
Lotte
Sommerer
University of Vienna, Vienna
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https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/622242326
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eng
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In this chapter it will be argued that a proper understanding of grammaticalization has to take into account the driving force of lexically underspecified constructions. Using evidence from an extensive qualitative and quantitative corpus study in the York-Toronto-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Old English Prose (YCOE), it will be suggested that the OE demonstrative se developed into the definite article due to the emergence of an abstract, syntactic, and lexically underspecified macro-construction with a determination slot for marking definiteness in early Old English. This slot becomes a functionally exploitable structural category itself, which leads to the recruitment of the demonstrative as a default slot filler (= definite article). What has traditionally been interpreted as a case of grammaticalization on the morphosyntactic level (OE demonstrative se > ModE article the) is at the same time a case of “grammatical constructionalization.” The demonstrative does not grammaticalize on its own but in the context of an emerging schematic construction, which is formalized as the [[Xdeterminative]DETERMINATION + [Zcn]HEAD]NP{def}– construction. The emergence of this construction is best explained by a usage-based, form-driven, analogical model of morphosyntactic change which takes into account the frequency of linguistic surface forms (i.e. concrete tokens) and the formal influence of taxonomically related constructions.
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Irregular morphology in regular syntactic patterns
Irregular morphology in regular syntactic patterns
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A
case of constructional re-alignment
A case of constructional re-alignment
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Mirjam Fried
Fried, Mirjam
Mirjam
Fried
Charles University, Prague
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In exploring the multi-dimensional and incremental nature of grammatical change that emerges from the recurrent interaction between a form and its environment, this study demonstrates that a systematic examination of morphological irregularity can enrich our understanding of the anatomy of grammatical change. The empirical focus is the functional crystallization of a particular type of participial adjective (PA) in Old Czech, as manifested in morphologically irregular tokens of this category. The analysis of their behavior vis-à-vis the regular PAs in comparable environments (clausal vs. adnominal constructions) shows that the two formation types are both sensitive to roughly the same set of features in developing a different functional status (secondary predicate vs. adnominal modifier), but each ‘compensates’ for the mismatch between its morphology and each syntactic function in a characteristically different way. At the theoretical level, the analysis leads toward clarifying the content of the notion ‘constructionalization’ as a hypothetically distinct type of change, and offers some thoughts on spelling out the role of constructions in grammatical reorganization.
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On the relation between inheritance and change
On the relation between inheritance and change
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The
Constructional Convergence and the Construction Network Reconfiguration Hypotheses
The Constructional Convergence and the Construction Network Reconfiguration Hypotheses
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166242328
Tiago Timponi Torrent
Torrent, Tiago Timponi
Tiago Timponi
Torrent
Federal University of Juiz de Fora
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This work addresses the relation between inheritance and change in the framework of Diachronic Construction Grammar. Given that change is commonly thought of as a linear unidirectional path and inheritance relations tend to be organized in a multidirectional radial fashion, I propose two hypotheses to account for the way new constructions emerge in a language and their relation to existing constructions. The Constructional Convergence Hypothesis claims that historically unrelated constructions can come to participate in the same formally and functionally motivated network of constructions. Such participation results from a series of changes that merge the form and meaning of the new construction into an already existing pattern. The Construction Network Reconfiguration Hypothesis then proposes that, as new constructions emerge, inheritance relations in construction networks change. The change drives speakers to propose new links between constructions regardless of linear relationships. To demonstrate the validity of this claim, I develop an analysis of constructions from the Para Infinitive family of constructions in Brazilian Portuguese, based on extensive data collection from the 13th to the 21st century. The analyses show that speakers seem to have reconfigured the Para Infinitive construction network as far back as the 13th century. Since then, the emergence of new patterns has led to the expansion of the network and the reconfiguration of its inheritance links.
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Constructionalization and post-constructionalization
Constructionalization and post-constructionalization
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The
constructional semantics of the Dutch krijgen-passive from a diachronic perspective
The constructional semantics of the Dutch krijgen-passive from a diachronic perspective
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92242329
Timothy Colleman
Colleman, Timothy
Timothy
Colleman
Ghent University
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The grammatical literature on Dutch generally distinguishes two “passive” alternatives to the active double object construction, one of which, the so-called krijgen-passive is a fairly recent addition to the grammar, the earliest reported examples dating from around 1900. The present chapter addresses the early and subsequent history of this construction from a diachronic constructionist perspective. The first part of the chapter uses data from the 1900–1935 volumes of the Dutch periodical De Gids to reconstruct the lexical and semantic range of the krijgen-passive in its very first decades of life, in order to investigate which (semantic and/or morphological) subclasses of ditransitive verbs played a pathbreaking role in the development of this new construction from other krijgen + participle constructions, i.e. in the constructionalization of the krijgen-passive. The second part of the chapter looks into post-constructionalization semantic change, i.e. into the subsequent expansion of the newly emerged construction towards more sub-classes of ditransitive verbs, on the basis of data from the diachronic CONDIV-corpus (1950s to 1990s). Contra recent non-constructionist proposals, it will be argued that the krijgen-passive is an argument structure construction in its own right, with a semantic dynamics of its own, and that the apparently random constraints on its present-day distribution are less puzzling when viewed against the background of the construction’s genesis and subsequent semantic expansion.
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Constructional Approaches to Language
Constructional Approaches to Language
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Diachronic Construction Grammar
Diachronic Construction Grammar
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230219315
Jóhanna Barðdal
Barðdal, Jóhanna
Jóhanna
Barðdal
Ghent University
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Elena Smirnova
Smirnova, Elena
Elena
Smirnova
Leibniz University Hanover
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Lotte Sommerer
Sommerer, Lotte
Lotte
Sommerer
University of Vienna
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362219318
Spike Gildea
Gildea, Spike
Spike
Gildea
University of Oregon
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In memory of Anna Siewierska
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Willem B. Hollmann
Hollmann, Willem B.
Willem B.
Hollmann
Lancaster University
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Diachronic Construction Grammar
Diachronic Construction Grammar
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Epistemological context, basic assumptions and historical implications
Epistemological context, basic assumptions and historical implications
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Jóhanna Barðdal
Barðdal, Jóhanna
Jóhanna
Barðdal
Ghent University & University of Bergen
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Spike Gildea
Gildea, Spike
Spike
Gildea
University of Oregon & Collegium de Lyon
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Toward a coherent account of grammatical constructionalization
Toward a coherent account of grammatical constructionalization
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Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Traugott, Elizabeth Closs
Elizabeth Closs
Traugott
Stanford University
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Constructionalization and constructional change
Constructionalization and constructional change
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The
role of context in the development of constructions
The role of context in the development of constructions
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278242325
Elena Smirnova
Smirnova, Elena
Elena
Smirnova
Leibniz Universität Hannover
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cal.18.04som
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10.1075/cal.18.04som
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The
influence of constructions in grammaticalization
The influence of constructions in grammaticalization
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Revisiting category emergence and the development of the definite article in English
Revisiting category emergence and the development of the definite article in English
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622242326
Lotte Sommerer
Sommerer, Lotte
Lotte
Sommerer
University of Vienna, Vienna
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cal.18.05fri
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10.1075/cal.18.05fri
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Irregular morphology in regular syntactic patterns
Irregular morphology in regular syntactic patterns
01
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A
case of constructional re-alignment
A case of constructional re-alignment
1
A01
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JB code
870242327
Mirjam Fried
Fried, Mirjam
Mirjam
Fried
Charles University, Prague
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cal.18.06tor
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10.1075/cal.18.06tor
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212
40
Article
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On the relation between inheritance and change
On the relation between inheritance and change
01
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The
Constructional Convergence and the Construction Network Reconfiguration Hypotheses
The Constructional Convergence and the Construction Network Reconfiguration Hypotheses
1
A01
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166242328
Tiago Timponi Torrent
Torrent, Tiago Timponi
Tiago Timponi
Torrent
Federal University of Juiz de Fora
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cal.18.07col
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10.1075/cal.18.07col
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Constructionalization and post-constructionalization
Constructionalization and post-constructionalization
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The
constructional semantics of the Dutch krijgen-passive from a diachronic perspective
The constructional semantics of the Dutch krijgen-passive from a diachronic perspective
1
A01
01
JB code
92242329
Timothy Colleman
Colleman, Timothy
Timothy
Colleman
Ghent University
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