Constructionalization and constructional changes /

This title develops an approach to language change based on construction grammar in order to reconceptualise grammaticalisation and lexicalisation. The authors show that language change proceeds by micro-steps involving every aspect of grammar including pragmatics and discourse functions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Traugott, Elizabeth Closs (Author), Trousdale, Graeme, 1971- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:	Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 6.
Subjects:	English language > History. Linguistic change. Reconstruction (Linguistics) Construction grammar. Changement linguistique. Reconstruction linguistique. Grammaire de construction. Construction grammar English language Linguistic change Electronic books. History
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