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SUMMARY:Constructionalization and constructional changes - Dr Graeme Trous
 dale (Edinburgh University)
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CONTACT:Madeleine Forbes
DESCRIPTION:Recent research in both formal and functional accounts of chan
 ge (e.g. Roberts 2010\, Traugott and Trousdale 2010) has focused on micro-
 changes\, incremental steps in the creation of new grammatical structures.
  In this talk\, based on joint research with Elizabeth Traugott\, I provid
 e an outline of how the framework of Construction Grammar may be utilized 
 to account for such micro-changes\, and how this bears on the distinction 
 between grammaticalization and lexicalization in morphosyntactic change (s
 ee Lightfoot 2011). A distinction between constructionalization (the creat
 ion of a new sign in the network) and constructional change (alteration to
  an existing sign in the network) is made\, which is then illustrated by r
 eference to the development of the English way-construction (e.g. she tras
 h-talked her way into a Strikeforce title shot [Vancouver Sun\, March 4th 
 2012]). This development is discussed in connection with recent neurolingu
 istic research on the syntax-lexicon continuum (see Pulvermüller\, Cappel
 le and Shtyrov 2013). The final part of the talk considers how a more form
 al variant of Construction Grammar (such as Sign-Based Construction Gramma
 r\; Boas and Sag 2012\, Michaelis 2013) may be used to track the kind of m
 icro-changes described.\n\n
LOCATION:Lecturer's Common Room\, Raised Faculty Building
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