Hendrik De Smet Lobke Ghesquiere Freek van de Velde
In much writing on language change, there is a tacit assumption that change operates on a single source construction to produce an innovative target construction. This volume challenges this assumption, by showing that many changes involve interactions between multiple source constructions. In fact, the involvement of multiple source constructions is unexceptional. The phenomenon is observed in phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. It is seen in language-internal change as well as in contact-induced change. Interactions may obtain between independent but historically related...
In much writing on language change, there is a tacit assumption that change operates on a single source construction to produce an innovative target c...
