A Radical Construction Grammar approach to construction split in the diachrony of the spatial particles of Ancient Greek
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Emanuel Karlsson
Abstract
Within the context of a Radical Construction Grammar approach to grammaticalization, this paper presents construction split as a model of the diachrony of spatial particle constructions from Proto-Indo-European to Ancient Greek, accounting for the behaviour of Greek preposition and prefix constructions. The paper discusses some theoretical preliminaries for the RCG approach and for long-term construction developments, with special reference to phenomena in Ancient Greek. An argument is made for central tenets of RCG: there is no structure external to language-specific constructions; language change is fundamentally a matter of degree and ultimately dependent on the pragmatics of discourse; constructions are defined in terms of cues. This is framed in a conceptual discussion on the complementarity of grammaticalization and construction perspectives.
Abstract
Within the context of a Radical Construction Grammar approach to grammaticalization, this paper presents construction split as a model of the diachrony of spatial particle constructions from Proto-Indo-European to Ancient Greek, accounting for the behaviour of Greek preposition and prefix constructions. The paper discusses some theoretical preliminaries for the RCG approach and for long-term construction developments, with special reference to phenomena in Ancient Greek. An argument is made for central tenets of RCG: there is no structure external to language-specific constructions; language change is fundamentally a matter of degree and ultimately dependent on the pragmatics of discourse; constructions are defined in terms of cues. This is framed in a conceptual discussion on the complementarity of grammaticalization and construction perspectives.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
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Theoretical issues
- Grammaticalization meets Construction Grammar 3
- Three open questions in Diachronic Construction Grammar 21
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Verb constructions
- Grammaticalisation cut short 43
- Pseudocoordination in Norwegian 75
- Evaluating grammaticalization and constructional accounts 107
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Noun constructions
- Reduction or expansion? A bit of both 137
- Type frequency, productivity and schematicity in the evolution of the Latin secundum NP construction 169
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Constructions at sentence level
- The development of the conditional caso construction in Spanish 205
- Constructionalization areas 241
- A Radical Construction Grammar approach to construction split in the diachrony of the spatial particles of Ancient Greek 277
- Construction index 312
- Index 313
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
-
Theoretical issues
- Grammaticalization meets Construction Grammar 3
- Three open questions in Diachronic Construction Grammar 21
-
Verb constructions
- Grammaticalisation cut short 43
- Pseudocoordination in Norwegian 75
- Evaluating grammaticalization and constructional accounts 107
-
Noun constructions
- Reduction or expansion? A bit of both 137
- Type frequency, productivity and schematicity in the evolution of the Latin secundum NP construction 169
-
Constructions at sentence level
- The development of the conditional caso construction in Spanish 205
- Constructionalization areas 241
- A Radical Construction Grammar approach to construction split in the diachrony of the spatial particles of Ancient Greek 277
- Construction index 312
- Index 313
