Constructions and Language Change

by Gabriele Diewald Alexander Bergs

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110198665
• ISBN13: 9783110198669
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary