Category change from a constructional perspective /

Category change from a constructional perspective /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Description:	vi, 314 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Constructional approaches to language, 1573-594X ; volume 20 Constructional approaches to language ; v. 20.
Subject:	Construction grammar. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization. Categorial grammar. Reconstruction (Linguistics) Linguistic change. Categorial grammar. Construction grammar. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization. Linguistic change. Reconstruction (Linguistics)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11615766

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Other authors / contributors:	Goethem, Kristel van, 1980- editor. Norde, Muriel, 1968- editor. Coussé, Evie, editor. Vanderbawhede, Gudrun, editor.
ISBN:	9789027200419 9027200416 9789027264350
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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 paring. 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.
Other form:	Online version: Category change from a constructional perspective. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] 9789027264350

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	vi, 314 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9789027200419 9027200416 9789027264350
ISSN:	1573-594X ;