Germanic future constructions

Germanic future constructions: a usage-based approach to language change

by Hilpert, Martin

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This study offers a Construction Grammar approach to the historical development and modern usage of future constructions in English, German, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish. On the basis of corpus data, constructions such as English be going to or German werden are analyzed as symbolic units that convey a range of temporal and modal meanings. A special focus lies on the main verbs that occur with these constructions. Statistical co-occurrence patterns between constructions and lexical items guide th…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Germanic future constructions : a usage-based approach to language change / Martin Hilpert.

Summary

This study offers a Construction Grammar approach to the historical development and modern usage of future constructions in English, German, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish. On the basis of corpus data, constructions such as English be going to or German werden are analyzed as symbolic units that convey a range of temporal and modal meanings. A special focus lies on the main verbs that occur with these constructions. Statistical co-occurrence patterns between constructions and lexical items guide the semantic analyses in this study: It is argued that a construction that conventionally occurs with m.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2008.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):John Benjamins Pub. Co
  • Place of Publication:Amsterdam, NL
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (viii, 205 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9789027218292, 9027218293, 9789027291035, 9027291039
  • oclc:ocn432994065
  • LC Classification:PF3105
  • Dewey Decimal:435 22

Table of Contents

Germanic Future Constructions; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Theory and methodology; Comparing future constructions in a single language; Cross-linguistic comparisons; Collexemes and grammaticalization paths; The futurate present; Conclusions; References; Notes; Index; The series Constructional Approaches to Language.

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Subjects

Allemand (Langue) -- Grammaire Changement linguistique Construction grammar FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- German German language -- Grammar German language -- Usage Grammaire de construction Linguistic change

Writers

Hilpert, Martin

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