Theory and data in cognitive linguistics

Special issue of Studies in Language 36:3 (2012)

Editors

Nikolas Gisborne | University of Edinburgh

Willem B. Hollmann | Lancaster University

[Studies in Language, 36:3] 2012. v, 258 pp.

Publishing status: Available

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https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.36.3

Table of Contents

Introduction
Theory and data in cognitive linguistics Nikolas Gisborne and Willem B. Hollmann	463–476
Articles
Frequencies, probabilities, and association measures in usage-/exemplar-based linguistics: Some necessary clarifications Stefan Th. Gries	477–510
Reconstructing constructional semantics: The dative subject construction in Old Norse-Icelandic, Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Russian and Old Lithuanian Jóhanna Barðdal, Thomas Smitherman, Valgerður Bjarnadóttir, Serena Danesi, Gard B. Jenset and Barbara McGillivray	511–547
The historical development of the it-cleft: A comparison of two different approaches Amanda L. Patten	548–575
Theory and data in diachronic Construction Grammar: The case of the what with construction Graeme Trousdale	576–602
The semantics of definite expressions and the grammaticalization of THE Nikolas Gisborne	603–644
Cognitive explanations, distributional evidence, and diachrony Sonia Cristofaro	645–670
Word classes: Towards a more comprehensive usage-based account Willem B. Hollmann	671–698
Smashing new results on aspectual framing: How people talk about car accidents Teenie Matlock, David Sparks, Justin L. Matthews, Jeremy Hunter and Stephanie Huette	699–720

Subjects

Linguistics

Theoretical linguistics

Functional linguistics