From complex prepositions to complex subordinators
Challenging generalizations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21540708 |
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| Authors | Christophe Bêchet (0000-0001-5128-251X, University of Liège, corresponding author), Lieselotte Brems (0000-0003-0228-6412, University of Liège) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 157-181 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Linguistica Hafniensia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0374-0463 • E-ISSN: 1949-0763 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03740463.2023.2246001 |
| OpenAlex | W4386768603 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
This paper presents a first approximation of the relationships within and between complex prepositions and complex subordinators from a cognitive vantage point. Because of the similarities between the two categories at the syntactic and functional levels of analysis, we first hypothesize the existence of a common productive schema that encompasses members of both classes within the framework of Construction Grammar. We then put forward a methodology developed in Diachronic Construction Grammar to analyze the within- and between-category constructional links in complex prepositions and complex subordinators in American English. We use multivariate quantitative methods to highlight the similarities and dissimilarities between the categories and make them visually identifiable. The application of this methodology to historical corpus data reveals that contrary to our expectations, complex prepositions form a relatively stable schema over time, without converging towards a common schema with the loosely connected complex subordinators under scrutiny
Construal level theory · Grammar · Linguistics · Noun · Noun phrase · Sociology · Computer Science · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
Constructionalization and Constructional Changes
Constructions at Work
Toward a Cognitive Semantics
English Text
Variation across Speech and Writing
Grammaticalization
How to do Linguistics with R
Constructional Change in English
On some principles of grammaticization
Lexicalisation and grammaticalization
Longman grammar of spoken and written English
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
Diachronic construction grammar and grammaticalization theory
Prépositions et locutions prépositionnelles
On ways of being on the way
Newly Emerging Subordinators in Spoken/Written English
Change through recombination
| Highly cited | No |
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