Complex hierarchic syntax is considered one of the hallmarks of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been

The case-studies assembled in these two volumes span a lifetime of research into the diachrony of grammar. That is, into the rise and fall of syntactic construc

While there are languages that code a particular grammatical role (e.g. subject or direct object) in one and the same way across the board, many more languages

Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some f

Construction Grammar as a framework offers a new perspective on traditional historical questions in diachronic linguistics and language change: how do new const