Germanic Future Constructions: A Usage-Based Approach to Language Change (Constructional Approaches to Language)

Germanic Future Constructions......Page 2
Editorial page
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Title page
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LCC data
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Table of contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
1.1 Converging approaches......Page 12
1.2 New methods, new data......Page 13
1.3 Long-standing controversies......Page 15
1.4 Scope of the present analysis......Page 19
1.5.1 Assumptions......Page 20
1.5.2 Hypotheses......Page 21
1.6 Outline of the book......Page 22
2.1.1 Construction Grammar......Page 24
2.1.2 Future tense......Page 28
2.1.2.1 Past, present, and future......Page 29
2.1.3 The grammaticalization of future constructions......Page 33
2.2 Methodology......Page 39
2.2.1 Quantitative corpus linguistics......Page 40
2.2.2.1 Collexeme analysis......Page 45
2.2.2.2 Distinctive collexeme analysis......Page 50
2.2.2.3 Diachronic distinctive collexeme analysis......Page 52
2.2.3.1 Synchronic sources......Page 56
2.2.3.2 Diachronic sources......Page 58
3.1 Swedish ska and komma att in modern usage......Page 60
3.1.1 Previous approaches......Page 61
3.1.2 A collexeme analysis of ska in present-day Swedish......Page 65
3.1.2.1 vara "be"......Page 68
3.1.2.2 Verbs of future occurrence......Page 69
3.1.2.3 S-passives of concrete activity verbs......Page 70
3.1.2.5 Posture verbs......Page 71
3.1.3 A collexeme analysis of komma att in present-day Swedish......Page 72
3.1.3.1 Verbs of future occurrence......Page 74
3.1.3.3 Non-dynamic verbs......Page 76
3.1.3.4 S-passives of force-dynamic verbs......Page 77
3.1.3.6 The collexemes of Swedish komma att......Page 78
3.2 The grammaticalization of English shall and will......Page 80
3.2.1 Previous approaches......Page 81
3.2.2 A diachronic distinctive collexeme analysis of English shall......Page 84
3.2.3 A diachronic distinctive collexeme analysis of English will......Page 90
3.2.4 Results and discussion......Page 95
3.3 Implications......Page 97
4.1 Danish ville and English will in modern usage......Page 100
4.1.1 Previous approaches......Page 101
4.1.2 A collexeme analysis of ville in present-day Danish......Page 105
4.1.2.1 sige 'say'......Page 107
4.1.2.3 Stative atelic verbs......Page 108
4.1.2.4 Dynamic atelic verbs......Page 109
4.1.2.6 The collexemes of Danish ville......Page 110
4.1.3 A collexeme analysis of will in present-day English......Page 111
4.1.3.2 Stative atelic verbs......Page 113
4.1.3.4 Spontaneous intransitive verbs......Page 115
4.1.4 Results and discussion......Page 116
4.2.1 Previous research......Page 117
4.2.2 A brief synchronic comparison......Page 121
4.2.3 A diachronic distinctive collexeme analysis of Dutch gaan......Page 124
4.2.4 A diachronic distinctive collexeme analysis of English be going to......Page 129
4.2.5 Results and discussion......Page 132
4.3 Implications......Page 133
5.1 The grammaticalization of Swedish komma att......Page 136
5.1.2 A diachronic distinctive collexeme analysis of Swedish komma att......Page 137
5.2 The grammaticalization of German werden......Page 142
5.2.1 Previous approaches......Page 143
5.2.2 A collexeme analysis of werden in present-day German......Page 151
5.2.2.1 Existential geben and other stative verbs......Page 153
5.2.2.2 Continuative verbs......Page 154
5.2.2.4 Speech act verbs......Page 155
5.2.2.5 The collexemes of German werden......Page 156
5.2.3 A diachronic distinctive collexeme analysis of German werden......Page 158
5.2.4 Results and discussion......Page 164
5.3 Implications......Page 165
Notes......Page 166
The futurate present......Page 168
6.1 The English futurate present......Page 170
6.1.1 Previous approaches......Page 175
6.1.2.1 Inceptive verbs......Page 177
6.1.2.3 Activity verbs......Page 178
6.1.2.4 Stative verbs......Page 179
6.2.1 Previous approaches......Page 180
6.2.2 A distinctive collexeme analysis of the German futurate present......Page 183
6.2.2.1 Perfective verbs......Page 185
6.2.2.2 Stative and activity verbs......Page 186
6.2.3 The semantics of the German futurate present......Page 187
6.3 Results and discussion......Page 189
Conclusions......Page 192
7.1.2 Obligation and weak epistemic modality......Page 194
7.1.3 Monosemy of future constructions......Page 195
7.1.4 The development of aspectual futures......Page 196
7.2 Outlook......Page 197
References......Page 198
Notes......Page 208
Index......Page 214
The series Constructional Approaches to Language......Page 217