37.1832, Books: Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change: Trousdale and Closs Traugott (2026)

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Date: 19-May-2026
From: Ellena Moriarty [rfsupport at cambridge.org]
Subject: Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change: Trousdale and Closs Traugott (2026)


Title: Constructions, Networks and Linguistic Change
Series Title: Elements in Construction Grammar
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/ch/universitypress/subjects/languages-linguistics/grammar-and-syntax/constructions-networks-and-linguistic-change?format=HB&isbn=9781009523783

Author(s): Graeme Trousdale; Elizabeth Closs Traugott

Hardback ISBN:  9781009523783 Pages:  84 Price: U.K. £ 55.00
Hardback ISBN:  9781009523783 Pages:  84 Price: Europe EURO 64.19
Hardback ISBN:  9781009523783 Pages:  84 Price: U.S. $ 77.00
Paperback ISBN:  9781009523745 Pages:  84 Price: U.K. £ 18.00
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Abstract:

The topic of linguistic networks unites different frameworks in
cognitive linguistics. This Element explores two approaches to
networks, specifically Construction Grammar of the Goldberg variety
and Word Grammar as developed by Hudson, and how they inform work on
language change. Both are usage-based theories, but while the basic
units of Construction Grammar are conventionalized form-meaning
pairings gathered in a construct-i-con, the basic units of Word
Grammar are words in dependency and other relations. Construction
Grammar allows for schematic, hierarchized abstract generalizations
attributable to social groups, whereas Word Grammar focuses on
relations at the micro-level and attributable primarily to
individuals. Consequences of the differences are discussed with
reference to perspectives on the diachronic development of causal
connectives in English, especially because.

Written In: English (eng)



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