Introduction. The role of change in usage-based conceptions of language

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction. The role of change in usage-based conceptions of language 1
4. Part 1. Challenging mainstream models of language change
5. Does innovation need reanalysis? 23
6. On cognition and communication in usage-based models of language change 49
7. Part 2. The role of usage in semantic change
8. From inferential to mirative 83
9. The motivation for using English suspended dangling participles 117
10. The nature of speaker creativity in linguistic innovation 147
11. Part 3. The role of usage and structure in language change
12. Reanalysis and gramma(ticaliza)tion of constructions 169
13. Constructional change, paradigmatic structure and the orientation of usage processes 203
14. Filling empty distinctions of expression with content 243
15. Author index 271
16. Subject index 273