In:Nodes and Networks in Diachronic Construction Grammar
Edited by Lotte Sommerer and Elena Smirnova
[Constructional Approaches to Language 27] 2020
► pp. 1–42
Introduction
The nature of the node and the network – Open questions in Diachronic Construction Grammar
Published online: 13 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.27.int
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.27.int
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The nodes
- 2.1The nature of the node
- 2.2Node creation vs node-internal changes
- 3.The links in the network
- 3.1Vertical links
- 3.2Horizontal links
- 3.3Diachronic change as node-external reconfiguration of the network
- 4.Beyond current network models
- 5.Range of phenomena
- 6.Conclusion
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