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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 42-51 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Belgian Journal of Linguistics |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Abstract
This squib discusses the question whether Construction Grammar can account for the assumption of universal grammatical categories (Bybee, Perkins, and Pagliuca 1994) that are prone to language change, e.g. tense. Most publications in Construction Grammar tackle individual constructions, such as the way-construction (Jackendoff 1990). But it remains unclear how grammatical categories as a universal phenomenon can be described in constructionist terms. We propose that there is a way to (a) describe grammatical categories, which per definition are encoded paradigmatically, as constructions themselves and (b) to thereby strengthen the assumption of a set of universal grammatical categories.
Keywords
- Constructions, Grammar, Grammatical categories, Paradigms
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Language and Linguistics
- Social Sciences(all)
- Linguistics and Language
Research Area (based on ÖFOS 2012)
- HUMANITIES
- Linguistics and Literature
- Linguistics and Literature
- Cognitive linguistics
- HUMANITIES
- Linguistics and Literature
- Linguistics and Literature
- German studies
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In: Belgian Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 34, No. 1, 12.2020, p. 42-51.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Grammatical categories as paradigms in Construction Grammar
AU - Diewald, Gabriele
AU - Politt, Katja Christina
N1 - Funding Information: We thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
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JO - Belgian Journal of Linguistics
JF - Belgian Journal of Linguistics
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