Construction Grammar as a tool for diachronic analysis

Constructions and Frames

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-290

  Fried, Mirjam ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Construction Grammar; Gradualness of change; Grammatical change; Grammaticalization; Indirect Y N questions; Internal reconstruction; Pragmatic strengthening; Subjective modality; Transitional context; Usage based motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989402472     PISSN: 18761933     EISSN: 18761941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/cf.1.2.04fri     Document Type: Article

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