Constructions and Language Change

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2008

Constructions and Language Change

Edited by: Alexander Bergs and Gabriele Diewald

Volume 194 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211757

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About this book

Studies in diachronic linguistics increasingly acknowledge that linguistic change is highly context-dependent and somehow tied to constructions as linguistic units. This is the first volume to investigate the role of constructions and the potential of constructional approaches in linguistic change. The contributions in this volume comprise both theoretical and empirical studies, all of which are accessible for a general audience. While some contributions explicitly aim at comparing and unifying concepts from both traditional grammatical theories and recent construction grammar approaches, others offer detailed case studies of exemplary problems from a constructional point of view. The papers offer a cross-linguistic perspective and deal with a number of different language families, ranging from Germanic to Austronesian.

Author / Editor information

Alexander Bergs, Osnabrück University, Germany; Gabriele Diewald, Hannover University, Germany.

Reviews

"In summary, the volume as a whole focuses on a series of issues pertinent to linguists interested in the specific application of construction grammars (or some general insights on language provided by construction grammars) to patterns of language change, most particularly, though not exclusively, to the related and debated processes of grammaticalization and degrammaticalization. The editors are to be congratulated for providing such a useful and insightful collection of articles. The volume certainly has the potential to stimulate further work in this developing area of historical linguistics research."
Graeme Trousdale in: Language 6/2011

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
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Introduction: Constructions and Language Change Alexander Bergs and Gabriele Diewald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The grammaticalization of NP of NP patterns Elizabeth Closs Traugot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Constructions and constructs:mapping a shift between predication and attribution Mirjam Fried Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Constructional idioms as products of linguistic change: the aan het + INFINITIVE construction in dutch Geert Booij Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Where did this future construction come from? A case study of Swedish komma att V Martin Hilpert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
Bedusted, yet not beheaded: The role of be-’s constructional properties in its conservation Peter Petré and Hubert Cuyckes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Negative verbal clause constructions in Puyuma: exploring constructional disharmony Malcom Ross Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Borrowed rhetorical constructions as starting points for grammaticalization Marianne Mithun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
(De)grammaticalisation as a source for new constructions: the case of subject doubling in Dutch Gunther Vogelaer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Syntax as a repository of historical relics Wallace Chafe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students of Historical Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics
Pages
- Main content: 271
Keywords: Cognitive linguistics; historical linguistics

eBook

Published: November 3, 2008
ISBN: 9783110211757

Hardcover

Published: September 16, 2008
ISBN: 9783110198669