Degrammaticalization and constructionalization: two case studies

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2013 Netherlands English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Language Sciences, volume 36, pages 32-46 (issn: 0388-0001,

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Authors: Trousdale, Graeme; Norde, Muriel;

doi: 10.1016/j.langsci.2012.03.018

handle: 11370/ff71399d-42d6-4cb0-a185-7aa53fdca7ce

Degrammaticalization and constructionalization: two case studies

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Degrammaticalization has been characterized as a composite change involving gains in morphosyntactic autonomy or phonetic and/or semantic substance. Such a definition is suggestive of a change (or set of changes) which may profitably be explored from a construction grammar perspective. In this article, we consider two cases of degrammaticalization, using 'morpheme-based' and 'construction-based' parameters. We relate this to wider issues in grammaticalization research, for instance, the differences between accounts of grammaticalization which focus on reduction, and those which focus on expansion. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Netherlands

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University of Groningen
Netherlands
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom

Keywords

Construction grammar, Constructionalization, ENGLISH, Parameters, Degrammaticalization, LANGUAGE, Grammaticalization, GRAMMATICALIZATION

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