Lifespan change in grammaticalisation as frequency-sensitive automation: William Faulkner and the let alone construction

IF 1.8 1区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Cognitive Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-03-19 DOI:10.1515/cog-2019-0020
Jakob Neels
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Abstract This paper explores the added value of studying intra- and inter-speaker variation in grammaticalisation based on idiolect corpora. It analyses the usage patterns of the English let alone construction in a self-compiled William Faulkner corpus against the backdrop of aggregated community data. Vast individual differences (early Faulkner vs. late Faulkner vs. peers) in frequencies of use are observed, and these frequency differences correlate with different degrees of grammaticalisation as measured in terms of host-class and syntactic context expansion. The corpus findings inform general issues in current cognitive-functional research, such as the from-corpus-to-cognition issue and the cause/consequence issue of frequency. They lend support to the usage-based view of grammaticalisation as a lifelong, frequency-sensitive process of cognitive automation. To substantiate this view, this paper proposes a self-feeding cycle of constructional generalisation that is driven by the interplay of frequency, entrenchment, partial sanction and habituation.
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频率敏感自动化语法化的寿命变化:福克纳与let 单独施工
摘要本文探讨了基于自选语料库研究语内和语间变异在语法化中的附加价值。它分析了英语let的使用模式 在聚合社区数据的背景下,在William Faulkner自编语料库中单独构建。在使用频率上观察到了巨大的个体差异(早期福克纳与晚期福克纳与同龄人),这些频率差异与不同程度的语法化相关,从宿主类别和句法语境扩展的角度来衡量。语料库的发现为当前认知功能研究中的一般问题提供了信息,如从语料库到认知的问题和频率的因果问题。它们支持基于使用的观点,即语法化是认知自动化的终身、频率敏感的过程。为了证实这一观点,本文提出了一个由频率、巩固、部分制裁和习惯化相互作用驱动的结构概括的自馈循环。
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期刊介绍: Cognitive Linguistics presents a forum for linguistic research of all kinds on the interaction between language and cognition. The journal focuses on language as an instrument for organizing, processing and conveying information. Cognitive Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope and seeks to publish only works that represent a significant advancement to the theory or methods of cognitive linguistics, or that present an unknown or understudied phenomenon. Topics the structural characteristics of natural language categorization (such as prototypicality, cognitive models, metaphor, and imagery); the functional principles of linguistic organization, as illustrated by iconicity; the conceptual interface between syntax and semantics; the experiential background of language-in-use, including the cultural background; the relationship between language and thought, including matters of universality and language specificity.
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