The case-studies assembled in these two volumes span a lifetime of research into the diachrony of grammar. That is, into the rise and fall of syntactic construc

Complex hierarchic syntax is considered one of the hallmarks of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been

While there are languages that code a particular grammatical role (e.g. subject or direct object) in one and the same way across the board, many more languages

Complex hierarchic syntax is a hallmark of human language. The highest level of syntactic complexity, recursive-embedded clauses, has been singled out by some f

Construction Grammar as a framework offers a new perspective on traditional historical questions in diachronic linguistics and language change: how do new const