Ch. 20 | Question 1

Chapter 20 | Question 1

You want to explore the changes in the collocational patterns of Dutch near synonymous causative auxiliaries doen ‘do, make’ and laten ‘let’ (see Chapter 12) over time by using motion charts. What will be represented as moving circles?

two constructions, doen and laten

collocates of the auxiliaries

time periods

semantic variables