Constructions and Language Change.
Title:
Constructions and Language Change.
Author:
Bergs, Alexander.
ISBN:
9783110211757
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 pages)
Series:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; v.194
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction: Constructions and Language Change -- The grammaticalization of NP of NP patterns -- Constructions and constructs:mapping a shift between predication and attribution -- Constructional idioms as products of linguistic change: the aan het + INFINITIVE construction in dutch -- Where did this future construction come from? A case study of Swedish komma att V -- Bedusted, yet not beheaded: The role of be-'s constructional properties in its conservation -- Negative verbal clause constructions in Puyuma: exploring constructional disharmony -- Borrowed rhetorical constructions as starting points for grammaticalization -- (De)grammaticalisation as a source for new constructions: the case of subject doubling in Dutch -- Syntax as a repository of historical relics -- Backmatter.
Abstract:
The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. The series considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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