Alternations emerge and disappear: The network of dispossession constructions in the history of English
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cllt-2020-0074" target="_blank" >10.1515/cllt-2020-0074</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Alternations emerge and disappear: The network of dispossession constructions in the history of English
Original language description
This paper focuses on two main issues regarding syntactic alternations and their development over time. On the one hand, it discusses the diachronic implications of alternations as involving multiple (rather than binary) choices. On the other hand, it shows that while studies are typically interested in the emergence of alternation relationships, there are also cases of diachronic loss of such. This is illustrated by zooming in on the history of a particular set of ditransitive verbs, viz. dispossession verbs such as steal or rob, and their connection to the well-known English dative alternation. Based on a quantitative analysis of different dispossession-constructions in corpora of Middle, Early Modern and Late Modern English, I demonstrate that the network of dispossession constructions has changed considerably over time - from a complex interaction between three overlapping patterns to a clear differentiation of two non-alternating constructions.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory
ISSN
1613-7027
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Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
37
Pages from-to
525-561
UT code for WoS article
000715372400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85106351844