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Discourse Structuring Markers in English: A historical constructionalist perspective on pragmaticsElizabeth Closs Traugott
[Constructional Approaches to Language 33] 2022
► pp. 33–58
Elizabeth Closs Traugott
[Constructional Approaches to Language 33] 2022
► pp. 33–58
Chapter 3A Diachronic Construction Grammar view of language change
Article outline
- 3.1Introduction
- 3.2What changes and how?
- 3.2.1“Usage changes” vs. “grammar changes”
- 3.2.2Innovation vs. change
- 3.2.3Gradualness vs. abruptness
- 3.3Mechanisms underlying change
- 3.3.1Neoanalysis, analogy, borrowing, and frequency
- 3.3.2Pragmatic inferencing
- 3.4Subjectification and intersubjectification
- 3.5Constructionalization and constructional changes
- 3.6A brief comparison of work on constructionalization and on grammaticalization
- 3.7Contexts for change
- 3.8Summary of key points
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