Article published in:
The Role of Pragmatics in Cyclic Language ChangeEdited by Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen
[Journal of Historical Pragmatics 21:2] 2020
► pp. 315–346
Some reflections on semantic–pragmatic cycles
Salvador Pons Bordería | University of Valencia
Ana Belén Llopis Cardona | University of Valencia
This paper explores novel ways to consider semantic–pragmatic cycles using a dual strategy: an inwards strategy, whereby
the distinctive traits of a pragmatic cycle are established, and an outwards strategy, whereby the categories that delimit
semantic–pragmatic cycles are described. The result of this exploration is the distinction between “pragmatic cycle”, “replication”,
“concomitance” and “paradigmatic increase” as four different yet related processes. In addition, this study integrates Construction Grammar
into the description of each process and shows that the study of semantic–pragmatic cycles can benefit from a constructional approach,
adopting Traugott and Trousdale’s (2013) and Traugott’s
(2018) models, and including concepts from European structuralism, particularly the notions of “paradigm”, “diasystem” and
“functional language” (“lengua funcional”).
Keywords: constructionalisation, discourse units, grammaticalization, position, semantic–pragmatic cycle
Published online: 03 March 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.00046.pon
https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.00046.pon
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