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Title
Incorporating the multi-level nature of the constructicon into hypothesis testing
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Abstract
Construction grammar organizes its basic elements of description, its constructions, into networks that range from concrete, lexically-filled constructions to fully schematic ones, with several levels of partially schematic constructions in between. However, only few corpus studies with a constructionist background take this multi-level nature fully into account. In this paper, we argue that understanding language variation can be advanced considerably by systematically formulating and testing hypotheses at various levels in the constructional network. To illustrate the approach, we present a corpus study of the Dutch naar -alternation. It is found that this alternation primarily functions at an intermediate level in the constructional network.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Cognitive linguistics. - Berlin
Publication
Berlin : 2021
ISSN
0936-5907 [Print]
1613-3641 [Online]
DOI
10.1515/COG-2020-0039
Volume/pages
32 :3 (2021) , p. 487-528
ISI
000719303500005
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Creation 19.10.2023
Last edited 12.02.2024
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