Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. The authors’ reflections on Joan ix
5. Introduction xv
6. Features of some ergative languages that impact on acquisition 1
7. Constructional pressures on ‘sit’ in Modern Greek 17
8. know and understand in ASL 59
9. Traces of demonstrative grammaticalization in Spanish variable subject expression 89
10. The company that word-boundary sounds keep 107
11. Cumulative exposure to phonetic reducing environments marks the lexicon 127
12. A usage-based account for the historical reflexes of ain’t in AAE 155
13. Gradient conventionalization of the Spanish expression of ‘becoming’ quedar(se) + ADJ in seven centuries 175
14. The evidence add ups 199
15. LOOK up about 225
16. About the authors 247
17. Index 249