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Review article published In: Issues in Diachronic Construction Morphology
Edited by Muriel Norde and Graeme Trousdale
[Constructions and Frames 15:2] 2023
► pp. 145–159

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Introduction

Issues in Diachronic Construction Morphology

ORCiD logo with link | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
ORCiD logo with link | University of Edinburgh
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Open Access publication of this article was funded through a Transformative Agreement with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Published online: 8 January 2024
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The framework
    • 2.1Construction Morphology
    • 2.2Morphological schemas
    • 2.3Morphological networks
    • 2.4Paradigms in CxM
    • 2.5Productivity and CxM
  • 3.Summary of the articles
  • Note
  • References
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