Constructions : emerging and emergent / edited by Peter Auer, Stefan Pfänder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Auer, Peter, 1954-

Pfänder, Stefan.

Series:

Linguae & litterae ; 6.

Linguae & litterae, 1869-7054 ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Coordinate constructions.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume embarks on an exploration of the processual and dynamic character of grammatical constructions in emergence, both from an 'emergent' and an 'emerging' perspective. 'Emerging' constructions develop out of their discourse contexts. Talking of emerging constructions is compatible with a view of grammar as a stable system of rules and structures which may 'emerge' (i.e., come into existence) out of a pool of previously unordered elements. 'Emergent' constructions on the contrary are due to the on-line production of grammar in time. The term 'emergent' emphasizes the fact that a grammatical structure is always temporary and ephemeral. In both senses, grammar is modelled as a highly adaptive resource for interaction. On the basis of empirical studies on spoken English, German, Hebrew, Swedish and French, the volume addresses the following questions: How can what initially appears to be construction x end up being construction y in on-line syntax? What are the local interactional needs which such processes respond to in the process of their emergence? Does the on-line (re-)modelling of a construction concern its syntactic or semantic side - or both? And finally: Should emergent grammatical structures as they unfold in real time be seen as stages in the emerging of grammar?

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Constructions: Emergent or emerging ? / Auer, Peter / Pfänder, Stefan

Emergent Grammar and Temporality in Interactional Linguistics / Hopper, Paul J.

Emergent grammar for all practical purposes: the on-line formatting of left and right dislocations in French conversation / Pekarek Doehler, Simona

Constructions vs. lexical items as sources of complex meanings / Deppermann, Arnulf

Online changes in syntactic gestalts in spoken German / Imo, Wolfgang

Between emergence and sedimentation: Projecting constructions in German interactions / Günthner, Susanne

Improvisation, temporality and emergent constructions / Breyer, Thiemo / Ehmer, Oliver / Pfänder, Stefan

Verb-first conditionals in German and Swedish: convergence in writing, divergence in speaking / Auer, Peter / Lindström, Jan

Action, prosody and emergent constructions: The case of and / Barth-Weingarten, Dagmar / Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth

On the emergence of adverbial connectives from Hebrew relative clause constructions / Maschler, Yael / Shaer, Susan

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613399052

9781283399050

1283399059

9783110229080

3110229080

OCLC:

751963456