Constructionalization and constructional changes /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
First edition
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvii, 278 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Oxford linguistics
Series Title
Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ;
Volume Designation
6
GENERAL NOTES
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Series statement from dust jacket
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-266) and index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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