Is construction grammar a useful framework for the study of language change? Hilpert combines the current linguistic theory of construction grammar with advance

The last few years have seen a steadily increasing interest in constructional approaches to language contact. This volume builds on previous constructionist wor

While verb classes are a mainstay of linguistic research, the field lacks consensus on precisely what constitutes a verb class. This book presents a novel appro

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