Table of contents
Introduction: Modality in Diachronic Construction Grammar – Long-standing questions, new
perspectives
Contractions, constructions and constructional change: Investigating the constructionhood of English modal contractions from a
diachronic perspective
Exploring relative degrees of auxiliarization empirically in German modal
constructions with wissen and
verstehen
: Does host class expansion provide enough evidence?
Grammaticalization of verdienen into an auxiliary marker of
deontic modality: An item-driven usage-based approach
The diachrony of Galician certamente and
seguramente
: A case of grammatical constructionalization
Unfolding constructions: The procedural meaning of postmodal auxiliaries in complement
constructions
Horizontal links within and between paradigms: The constructional network of reported directives in German
Constructionalization of Japanese koto imperatives
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