RT Journal Article
T1 Continuing the dialogue between corpus linguistics and grammaticalization theory: Three case studies
A1 López Couso, María José
K1 Corpus linguistics
K1 Grammaticalization
K1 (Inter)subjectification
K1 Existential there
K1 Deictic there
K1 Like-parentheticals
K1 Comparative complementizer like
K1 Marker of expository apposition namely
K1 Particularizer namely
K1 Bridging context
AB The article shows that significant benefits can be gained from the integration of corpus linguistics and grammaticalization theory, two subfields which, despite sharing considerable common ground, tended to remain as separate areas of linguistic analysis until quite recently. Making use of diachronic and contemporary corpora of English, such as the Helsinki Corpus, ARCHER, and COCA, the article illustrates how standard corpus practices can indeed contribute to our understanding of grammaticalization and related processes of language change. The selected case studies deal with the origin of existential there, the development of like-parentheticals in contemporary American English, and the history of the marker of expository apposition namely
PB De Gruyter Moutor
SN 1613-7027
YR 2015
FD 2015-12-08
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16632
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16632
LA eng
NO López-Couso, M. (2016). Continuing the dialogue between corpus linguistics and grammaticalization theory: Three case studies. Corpus Linguistics And Linguistic Theory, 12(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/cllt-2015-0069
NO I also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the European Regional Development Fund and the following institutions: the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (grant FFI2014-52188-P) and the Autonomous Government of Galicia (grant GPC 2014/004)
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026