Studies in diachronic linguistics increasingly acknowledge that linguistic change is highly context-dependent and somehow tied to constructions as linguistic un

In much writing on language change, there is a tacit assumption that change operates on a single source construction to produce an innovative target constructio

The last few years have seen a steadily increasing interest in constructional approaches to language contact. This volume builds on previous constructionist wor

This new introduction explores all aspects of language change, with an emphasis on the role of cognition and language use.

Construction Grammar explains how knowledge of language is organized in speakers' minds. The central and radical claim of Construction Grammar is that linguisti