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• adjacency99

• all-clefts12, 83

• American English10, 233, 293–294 , 359, 381–384 , 391, 393, 396–406 , 411–412 , 414–418 , 420, 424

• analogy12, 13, 16, 71, 75–79 , 83–85 , 88–91 , 94–96 , 98, 100–103 , 143n5, 335, 365, 375–376
  • analogical10, 12, 75, 79, 86–87 , 89, 91, 94, 95n27, 98, 100, 102, 103, 109, 201, 364, 376–377

• avertive4, 11, 231–235 , 237–238 , 240–254

• C-gravitation 13–14 , 207, 208, 215, 217–228 , 230

• categorization12, 36n14, 75, 86, 93, 155, 287

• Caucasian languages 163–174 , 176

• Chinese4, 9–10 , 55–56 , 59, 63–64 , 66, 71–73 , 80n7, 90n22, 108, 108n1, 108n2, 113, 115, 118, 124–127 , 130–132 , 134–317 , 320–323 , 330–331 , 358, 361–366 , 369n8, 376–380

• classifier377

• clause combining functions361, 377

• cognitive principles11, 55–56

• coherence relations 135–136 , 139, 139n3, 151, 153

• construction grammar, diachronicSee see diachronic construction grammar

• constructional change17, 50, 80, 95, 102–103 , 323, 357, 366, 379, 421

• constructionalisation / constructionalization1, 6, 9–10 , 12–13 , 19, 26n5, 28n8, 54, 75, 78–79 , 98, 104, 205, 289, 315, 317–318 , 323, 328–329 , 331, 333, 335–336 , 339, 349–350 , 352, 352n8, 354, 359–361 , 365–366 , 371, 377, 380–381 , 406–407 , 409–410 , 413–414 , 424

• contact-induced
  • contact-induced change71n2, 105
  • contact-induced development166, 170, 172
  • contact-induced grammaticalization171
  • contact-induced transfer124n5, 128

• cooptation6, 23, 38, 39–41 , 45, 49–50 , 150n6, 312

• counterfactuality 232–233 , 243

• degree modifier9, 315

• diachronic construction grammar1, 8, 9, 9n3, 12–14 , 18, 75, 78, 101, 104, 205, 317, 358, 365, 378–380 , 423–424

• discourse 1–3 , 5–7 , 9–10 , 15–16 , 18–19 , 23–25 , 29–32 , 34–56 , 72, 76, 76n4, 89, 95–96 , 109, 111, 135–146 , 150–157 , 189, 191, 197, 199–200 , 202–205 , 228, 242, 259–262 , 279, 282, 284–285 , 287–290 , 292–294 , 296, 296n3, 303, 305–307 , 309–313 , 323, 330–331 , 333–335 , 338–342 , 347–350 , 352, 354, 354n10, 357–359 , 366, 368, 370–373 , 377–378 , 382–384 , 387, 387n5, 389–390 , 396–397 , 399, 402–403 , 409, 411n25, 418–424
  • discourse coherence marking135
  • discourse connective136, 142–143 , 146, 156–157 , 312
  • discourse marker7, 10, 23, 43n27, 44, 48–49 , 52–53 , 55, 135, 137, 139, 259–262 , 288, 290, 294, 338, 373n10, 378, 397, 423

• distance4, 13, 55, 185, 187, 190–193 , 196–198 , 200, 203–204 , 249, 249n9, 328, 363, 368

• entrenchment10, 81, 381, 384, 406, 408, 410–412 , 414, 416–417 , 419, 423

• epistemic56, 100, 142–144 , 147, 150, 185n2, 188, 190–191 , 197, 283n39, 333, 403

• eventuality 244–245 , 248

• final particle7, 155–156 , 291–294 , 296–297 , 303–306 , 312, 319–321 , 324, 328, 353, 355, 386, 401, 422

• final tag10, 381, 385n2, 389–390 , 397, 401–402 , 404, 406, 408, 410, 410n24, 412, 414n29, 415

• frequency5, 10–11 , 15, 55, 57–59 , 61–69 , 71, 77, 80–81 , 85, 87, 91, 94, 100, 137, 149, 150–151 , 173, 210, 318, 331, 344–346 , 353–354 , 359, 373, 373n10, 375, 382–383 , 386, 393, 395, 397–398 , 404–413 , 417, 419, 423

• German 4–5 , 14, 24n3, 30, 41, 48–49 , 55–58 , 61, 63, 65, 68, 71–72 , 81, 85–88 , 99–100 , 102, 208, 211n5, 216–217 , 219–221 , 225, 228, 230, 262–264 , 268n15, 287–288

• grammar1, 3–18 , 24, 26, 28n8, 29–31 , 34, 36, 36n14, 38–43 , 45–53 , 64, 72–73 , 75–80 , 82, 101, 103–104 , 129–131 , 139n3, 154–156 , 165, 180–181 , 185, 200–203 , 205, 228, 230, 235, 238n4, 240, 246, 254–255 , 261, 291, 310–313 , 315, 317, 330, 333, 348–349 , 351–352 , 354, 354n10, 357–358 , 365, 378–380 , 406, 418–424
  • construction grammar, diachronicSee see diachronic construction grammar

• grammaticalisation / grammaticalization 1–19 , 23–35 , 38–42 , 44–56 , 62–63 , 66, 68, 71–73 , 75–78 , 83, 89n20, 100, 102, 104–106 , 121, 124–133 , 135–137 , 139, 141, 143n5, 147, 149–150 , 152–156 , 163–164 , 166, 169–172 , 177, 179–180 , 185, 200, 202–203 , 205, 207–208 , 211–215 , 218, 221–224 , 227, 229–230 , 231–235 , 240, 249–251 , 253–254 , 255, 260–261 , 268n12, 287–290 , 292–293 , 302–304 , 306–309 , 311–313 , 330–331 , 334–335 , 342, 349–351 , 357–360 , 364–365 , 377–380 , 392n11, 419, 421–424
  • degree of grammaticalization13, 207–208 , 224, 227

• high-level perception89, 91, 101

• information structure 6–7 , 17–18 , 26, 135–136 , 139–140 , 150–153 , 156, 185, 187, 192, 203, 289, 348, 350, 354

• internal development4, 100, 163–164 , 166, 170, 177

• interrogative pronoun171, 174n11

• intersubjectification2, 7, 13, 15–16 , 18, 54, 157, 205, 289, 292, 304, 306, 310, 312–313 , 379–380

• Irish English10, 139, 156, 381–383 , 386, 391, 393–406 , 408, 411–423

• language acquisition12, 52, 76, 80, 89, 94, 100, 408

• language change 1–2 , 12–13 , 15–17 , 19, 46–49 , 51, 54, 75–77 , 80, 85, 94, 101–102 , 104, 138n1, 154, 180, 289, 331, 337n2, 341, 348, 351–352 , 357–358 , 360, 379, 408, 417, 421, 424

• language contact4, 10, 18, 43–44 , 49, 80n7, 105, 113n3, 123–124 , 126–128 , 130, 132, 134, 177, 418

• language learning12, 73, 75, 77, 82, 85, 89, 94, 103, 423

• lexical persistence292, 302

• low-level perception91

• Maltese4, 11, 44, 178, 231–235 , 237, 240–241 , 246, 249–255

• Mandarin Chinese45, 55–56 , 59, 63–64 , 69, 71, 80n7, 108–109 , 112–114 , 116–120 , 123, 126

• micro-grammaticalization area105

• minimal effort5, 55, 59, 61–63 , 68, 70–71

• minimal frequency5, 55, 59, 61, 63–65 , 68–69 , 71

• mirativity13, 155, 185–186 , 190, 192–193 , 200–204 , 357

• modal particle7, 14, 46, 49, 61, 63, 154, 259, 261n3, 262, 287–288 , 330

• morphosyntactic 7–8 , 16, 27–29 , 33, 40, 48, 94–96 , 102, 232, 235–236 , 240–241 , 243, 246, 249, 251, 310, 311, 334

• Neogrammarians77, 84, 85

• networks8, 75, 82, 86, 329

• Old English7, 51, 79n5, 83, 97, 211, 213, 259, 263–268 , 270–272 , 274–277 , 280–281 , 284–290 , 382

• Old Saxon7, 259, 264–268 , 270–274 , 276–277 , 280–281 , 283, 285–286 , 288

• paradigm7, 26, 28, 78, 89, 115, 211, 232, 236, 238, 241, 243, 291–292 , 306–310

• paradigmaticization7, 291–292 , 306, 309–310

• parentheticals34, 36–37 , 39, 42–43 , 47, 49, 52–53 , 95–96 , 98, 333, 397

• periphery5, 36n13, 38, 137, 148–149 , 260n1
  • left periphery137, 139, 153, 334
  • right periphery137, 139, 150, 310, 334, 409

• poetry259, 263, 268n15, 277n28, 280, 284–285

• possessive verb99

• pragmaticalization3, 5, 16, 23–25 , 32, 38, 45–49 , 137, 155, 261, 288, 311

• present progressive 13–14 , 211, 213, 221–224 , 226–229

• private self17, 207–208 , 215–218 , 220, 220n12, 229

• procedural persistence7, 292, 302–303

• processing12, 13, 75–77 , 80, 82, 89, 94, 94n26, 100, 151, 187n3, 202–203 , 331, 411n25

• prohibitives10, 361, 365, 376–377

• projectors333, 335

• proximative 232–235 , 237–238 , 240–242 , 244–253

• pseudo-verb4, 235–238 , 251, 254

• public self14, 207, 215–218 , 220–222 , 225, 228

• question tag415

• relative pronoun83, 99, 163–164 , 167–172 , 175–177

• relativization 163–164 , 179

• replica4, 124n5, 163–164 , 166, 172

• salient40, 55, 57, 59, 87, 92, 120, 192, 397, 408, 417

• scalar additive coordinators10, 361, 364–365 , 376

• semantic change5, 11, 19, 51, 53–55 , 57, 62–63 , 71, 85, 130, 200, 205, 268n12, 289, 304, 306–308 , 313, 359–360 , 364, 364n4, 375n11, 377, 379, 410

• sentence-final 109–110 , 114–115 , 117, 125–126 , 140, 142, 292, 309–310 , 312, 315, 335, 339, 341, 341n5, 343–344 , 346–348 , 352n8, 353, 382, 387, 390n9, 409, 422

• Spanish future 185–187 , 204

• structural persistence7, 15, 291–292 , 302, 310–311

• subjectification 2–3 , 7, 13, 15–16 , 19, 39n19, 47, 52, 54, 200, 205, 289, 291–292 , 304, 308, 311–313 , 357, 377, 379–380

• system mapping75, 87, 89, 94

• thetical14, 17, 23, 36n14, 38–45 , 51, 76n3, 103, 203

• unidirectionality1, 2, 11, 23, 23n1, 27–28 , 31, 45