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Lexicalization and Language Change
Lexicalization, a process of language change, has been conceptualized in a variety of ways. Broadly defined as the adoption of concepts into the lexicon, it has been viewed by …
Regularity in Semantic Change
This important study of semantic change examines how new meanings arise through language use, especially the various ways in which speakers and writers experiment with uses of …
Constructionalization and Constructional Changes
Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale develop an approach to language change based on construction grammar. Construction grammar is a theory of signs construed at the level …
On Conditionals
On Conditionals provides the first major cross-disciplinary account of conditional (if-then) constructions. Conditional sentences directly reflect the language user's ability to …
Grammaticalization
Hardback edition This is a general introduction to grammaticalization, the change whereby lexical terms and constructions come in certain linguistic contexts to serve …