Constructionalization and constructional changes /
[Book]
Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale
First edition
xvii, 278 pages ;
24 cm
Oxford linguistics
Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ;
6
Series statement from dust jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-266) and index
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