Category Change From A Constructional Perspective

Author : Kristel Van Goethem,Muriel Norde,Evie Coussé,Gudrun Vanderbauwhede
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027264350

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Category Change from a Constructional Perspective by Kristel Van Goethem,Muriel Norde,Evie Coussé,Gudrun Vanderbauwhede Pdf

Category change, broadly defined as the shift from one word class to another, is often studied as part of other changes, such as grammaticalization or lexicalization, but not in its own right. This volume offers a survey of different types of category change and their properties, e.g. abrupt versus gradual changes, morphological versus syntactic changes, or context-independent versus context-sensitive changes. The purpose of this collection of papers is to explore the concepts of linguistic category and category change from the perspective of Construction Grammar. Using data from a variety of languages, the authors address a number of themes that are central to current theorizing about category change, such as the question of whether or not categories should be considered discrete entities, how new categories arise, or whether category change can be considered as the emergence of a new construction, i.e. a new form-meaning pairing. The novel approach advanced in this volume will be of interest to historical linguists as well as to general linguists working on the nature of linguistic categories.

Author : Evie Coussé,Peter Andersson,Joel Olofsson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027264169

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Grammaticalization meets Construction Grammar by Evie Coussé,Peter Andersson,Joel Olofsson Pdf

Grammaticalization research has increasingly highlighted the notion of constructions in the last decade. In the wake of this heightened interest, efforts have been made in grammaticalization research to more precisely articulate the largely pretheoretical notion of construction in the theoretical framework of construction grammar. As such, grammaticalization research increasingly interacts and converges with the emerging field of diachronic construction grammar. This volume brings together articles that are situated at the intersection of grammaticalization research and diachronic construction grammar. All articles share an interest in integrating insights from grammaticalization research and construction grammar in order to advance our understanding of empirical cases of grammaticalization. Constructions at various levels of abstractness are investigated, both in well-documented languages, such as Ancient Greek, Latin, Spanish, German, Norwegian and English, and in less-described languages, such as Manchu and Mongolian.

Author : Lotte Sommerer,Elena Smirnova
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261298

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Nodes and Networks in Diachronic Construction Grammar by Lotte Sommerer,Elena Smirnova Pdf

This volume brings together ten contributions by leading experts who present their current usage-based research in Diachronic Construction Grammar. All papers contribute to the discussion of how to conceptualize constructional networks best and how to model changes in the constructicon, as for example node creation or loss, node-external reconfiguration of the network or in/decrease in productivity and schematicity. The authors discuss the theoretical status of allostructions, homostructions, constructional families and constructional paradigms. The terminological distinction between constructionalization and constructional change is revisited. It is shown how constructional competition but also general cognitive abilities like analogical thinking and schematization relate to the structure and reorganization of the constructional network. Most contributions focus on the nature of vertical and horizontal links. Finally, contributions to the volume also discuss how existing network models should be enriched or reconceptualized in order to integrate theoretical, psychological and neurological aspects missing so far.

Author : Lotte Sommerer,Evelien Keizer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258250

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English Noun Phrases from a Functional-Cognitive Perspective by Lotte Sommerer,Evelien Keizer Pdf

Despite a significant increase in interest over the last two decades in the English Noun Phrase, there are still many open questions and unexplored issues. The papers collected in this volume contribute to this ongoing research by addressing a range of topics concerning the internal structure, use and development of English Noun Phrases. The eleven chapters represent three main themes: 1. Determination, modification and complementation; 2. Shell nouns and the X-is construction; 3. Binominal constructions. These topics are approached in different ways: some chapters are synchronic in nature, others diachronic; and while most subscribe to functional-cognitive modelling, some take a more formal approach. In addition, different methodologies are employed, varying from qualitative and quantitative corpus analyses to experimental methods. As a result, the contributions to this volume represent both the main topics currently discussed in research on the English Noun Phrase, and the diversity in the way these topics are investigated.

Author : Jenny Audring,Francesca Masini
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 751 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199668984

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The Oxford Handbook of Morphological Theory by Jenny Audring,Francesca Masini Pdf

Morphology, the science of words, is a complex theoretical landscape, where a multitude of frameworks, each with their own tenets and formalism, compete for the explanation of linguistic facts. The Oxford Handbook of Morphological Theory is a comprehensive guide through this jungle of morphological theories. It provides a rich and up-to-date overview of theoretical frameworks, from Structuralism to Optimality Theory and from Minimalism to Construction Morphology...

Author : Geert Booij
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780192575555

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The Morphology of Dutch by Geert Booij Pdf

This volume provides a detailed and comprehensive description of the morphological system of Dutch. Following an introduction to the basic assumptions of morphological theory, separate chapters are devoted to the inflectional system, derivation, and compounding, the interface between morphology and phonology, the interaction between morphology and syntax, and, new to this edition, a more detailed study of the features of separable complex verbs. Geert Booij demonstrates in this book that the morphology of Dutch poses multiple interesting descriptive and theoretical challenges. The volume also contributes to ongoing discussions on the nature and representation of morphological processes, the role of paradigmatic relations between words - and between words and phrases - and the interaction between morphology, phonology, and syntax. This second, fully revised edition has been updated throughout with expanded coverage of Dutch morphological phenomena and results from new research. Alongside a brand new chapter on separable complex verbs, it also includes a more sophisticated analysis of the relation between morphology and syntax, and an introduction to the basic tenets of Construction Morphology.

Author : Jorge Fernández Jaén,Herminia Provencio Garrigós
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261380

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Changes in Meaning and Function by Jorge Fernández Jaén,Herminia Provencio Garrigós Pdf

Diachronic linguistics has been experiencing a strong revival during the last few decades, since an increasing number of researchers have assumed that evolutionary and historical factors must be considered to properly understand how natural languages work. This book offers new data and insights on some of the research lines which are currently being developed within the framework of diachronic language research. The papers brought together in this volume are characterized both by their originality and by their methodological diversity; the reader will thus find herein theoretical as well as empirical works, undertaken from various perspectives of analysis (diachronic cognitive semantics, grammaticalization theory, discursive traditions, historical phraseology, etc.). The final outcome is an eclectic volume which offers valuable information for every reader, regardless of whether they are experienced linguists or junior researchers willing to know the latest epistemological advances in this discipline.

Author : David Correia Saavedra
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110753073

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Measurements of Grammaticalization by David Correia Saavedra Pdf

Grammaticalization has often been described as a gradual phenomenon. While many studies have discussed the quantitative aspects of grammaticalization, there has been little to no work that has tried to propose a way of measuring degrees of grammaticalization. This book addresses this gap by proposing a corpus-based approach to the measurement of grammaticalization, using binary logistic regression modelling. Such an approach has theoretical benefits as it can provide empirical evidence for the gradience and gradualness of grammaticalization. It can help substantiate observations that have been done on the basis of case studies so far, such as the hypothesized unidirectionality of grammaticalization. In addition, as the methods proposed in this book rely on corpus-based data only, it offers a way of comparing grammaticalization across multiple languages, which is currently a challenging endeavour. What this book hopes to achieve is to start a discussion on the measurement of grammaticalization. To draw a parallel, the field of morphological productivity has greatly benefited from the discussions (and disputes) regarding how its object of study should be measured, and I believe that so will the field of grammaticalization.

Author : Nuria Yáñez-Bouza,Emma Moore,Linda van Bergen,Willem B. Hollmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108419567

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Categories, Constructions, and Change in English Syntax by Nuria Yáñez-Bouza,Emma Moore,Linda van Bergen,Willem B. Hollmann Pdf

Explores categories, constructions, and change in the syntax of English, both past and present, methodologically and theoretically.

Author : Merja Kytö,Erik Smitterberg
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261434

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Late Modern English by Merja Kytö,Erik Smitterberg Pdf

The past few decades have witnessed an unprecedented surge of interest in the language of the Late Modern English period. Late Modern English: Novel Encounters covers a broad range of topics addressed by international experts in fields such as phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, spelling and pragmatics; this makes the collection attractive to any scholar or student interested in the history of English. Each of the four thematic sections in the book represents a core area of Late Modern English studies. This division makes it easy for specialists to access the chapters that are of immediate relevance to their own work. An introductory chapter establishes connections between chapters within as well as between the four sections. The volume highlights recent advances in research methodology such as spelling normalization and other areas of corpus linguistics; several contributions also shed light on the interplay of internal and external factors in language change.

Author : Nathalie Dajko,Shana Walton
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496823908

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Language in Louisiana by Nathalie Dajko,Shana Walton Pdf

Contributions by Lisa Abney, Patricia Anderson, Albert Camp, Katie Carmichael, Christina Schoux Casey, Nathalie Dajko, Jeffery U. Darensbourg, Dorian Dorado, Connie Eble, Daniel W. Hieber, David Kaufman, Geoffrey Kimball, Thomas A. Klingler, Bertney Langley, Linda Langley, Shane Lief, Tamara Lindner, Judith M. Maxwell, Rafael Orozco, Allison Truitt, Shana Walton, and Robin White Louisiana is often presented as a bastion of French culture and language in an otherwise English environment. The continued presence of French in south Louisiana and the struggle against the language's demise have given the state an aura of exoticism and at the same time have strained serious focus on that language. Historically, however, the state has always boasted a multicultural, polyglot population. From the scores of indigenous languages used at the time of European contact to the importation of African and European languages during the colonial period to the modern invasion of English and the arrival of new immigrant populations, Louisiana has had and continues to enjoy a rich linguistic palate. Language in Louisiana: Community and Culture brings together for the first time work by scholars and community activists, all experts on the cutting edge of research. In sixteen chapters, the authors present the state of languages and of linguistic research on topics such as indigenous language documentation and revival; variation in, attitudes toward, and educational opportunities in Louisiana’s French varieties; current research on rural and urban dialects of English, both in south Louisiana and in the long-neglected northern parishes; and the struggles more recent immigrants face to use their heritage languages and deal with language-based regulations in public venues. This volume will be of value to both scholars and general readers interested in a comprehensive view of Louisiana’s linguistic landscape.

Author : Carmen Dagostino,Marianne Mithun,Keren Rice
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783110712810

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The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America by Carmen Dagostino,Marianne Mithun,Keren Rice Pdf

This handbook provides broad coverage of the languages indigenous to North America, with special focus on typologically interesting features and areal characteristics, surveys of current work, and topics of particular importance to communities. The volume is divided into two major parts: subfields of linguistics and family sketches. The subfields include those that are customarily addressed in discussions of North American languages (sounds and sound structure, words, sentences), as well as many that have received somewhat less attention until recently (tone, prosody, sociolinguistic variation, directives, information structure, discourse, meaning, language over space and time, conversation structure, evidentiality, pragmatics, verbal art, first and second language acquisition, archives, evolving notions of fieldwork). Family sketches cover major language families and isolates and highlight topics of special value to communities engaged in work on language maintenance, documentation, and revitalization.

Author : Martin Hilpert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107310865

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Constructional Change in English by Martin Hilpert Pdf

Martin Hilpert combines construction grammar and advanced corpus-based methodology into a new way of studying language change. Constructions are generalizations over remembered exemplars of language use. These exemplars are stored with all their formal and functional properties, yielding constructional generalizations that contain many parameters of variation. Over time, as patterns of language use are changing, the generalizations are changing with them. This book illustrates the workings of constructional change with three corpus-based studies that reveal patterns of change at several levels of linguistic structure, ranging from allomorphy to word formation and to syntax. Taken together, the results strongly motivate the use of construction grammar in research on diachronic language change. This new perspective has wide-ranging consequences for the way historical linguists think about language change. It will be of particular interest to linguists working on morpho-syntax, sociolinguistics and corpus linguistics.

Author : Donald L. Anderson
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781544333014

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Organization Development by Donald L. Anderson Pdf

Organization Development: The Process of Leading Organizational Change offers a comprehensive look at individual, team, and organizational change, covering classic and contemporary organization development (OD) techniques. Bestselling author Donald L. Anderson provides students with the organization development tools they need to succeed in today’s challenging environment defined by globalization, rapidly changing technologies, economic pressures, and evolving workforce expectations. The new Fifth Edition has been updated to reflect the latest research. New "Profiles in OD" highlight a variety of practitioners and researchers. New cases, examples, and a new chapter on organization design and culture interventions provide readers with the latest information on OD best practices.

Author : Javier Rivas
Publisher : Univ Santiago de Compostela
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 8481218138

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Ergativity and Transitive Gradients in the Accusative and Infinitive Construction by Javier Rivas Pdf