Search Results for: On Multiple Source Constructions In Language Change

In much writing on language change, there is a tacit assumption that change operates on a single source construction to produce an innovative target constructio

A pioneering collection of new research that explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of the English language. The volume, with contribution

This monograph presents the first comprehensive diachronic account of copular and passive verb constructions in Old and Middle English. Peter Petré analyzes: �

Linguists have typically studied language change at the aggregate level of speech communities, yet key mechanisms of change such as analogy and automation opera

The chapters in this volume present a state of the art of grammaticalization research in the 2010s. They are concerned with the application of new models, such