The emergence of disjunction
A history of constructionalization in Chinese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12197232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zhuo Jing-Schmidt (0000-0002-9164-7824, 1Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA, corresponding author), Xinjia Peng (1Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 101-136 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognitive Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0936-5907 • E-ISSN: 1613-3641 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/cog-2015-0073 |
| OpenAlex | W2293579154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 13 |
This study investigates the diachronic development of Chinese disjunction, drawing implications both for principles of diachronic Construction Grammar, and for the linguistic typology of disjunction. Close examinations of data from historical corpora revealed non-linear, gradual constructional changes based on complex yet principled interactions of conceptual origin, constructional patterning, discourse pragmatics, and an isolating typology in the development of Chinese disjunction. Specifically, the results (1) show that construction is the source, unit and product of change, (2) demonstrate the pivotal role of syntactic and semantic reanalysis in the micro changes leading to the constructionalization of disjunction, (3) reveal a conceptual and diachronic continuity between epistemic uncertainty and disjunction, (4) highlight frequency of use as a driving force in the conventionalization and entrenchment of constructional schema, and (5) confirm the role played by an isolating typology in syntactic and categorial reassignment as a key step in grammatical constructionalization
Grammar · Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Pragmatics · Schema (genetic algorithms · Typology · Computer Science · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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Reliability of Content Analysis
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |