An edition of Constructionalization And Constructional Changes (2013)
Constructionalization And Constructional Changes
By Elizabeth Closs Traugott
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Publish Date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
eng
Pages
289
Description:
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.