RT Journal Article
T1 Where does lexical diversity come from? Horizontal interaction in the network of the Late Modern English Reaction Object Construction
A1 Bouso, Tamara
K1 Reaction Object Construction
K1 Lexical diversity
K1 Constructional contamination
K1 Horizontal interaction
K1 British English and American English
K1 Late Modern English
K1 Diachronic Construction Grammar
AB This paper provides further insight into the Reaction Object Construction (she nodded intelligence) as a case of constructional contamination, a phenomenon that describes the relation between two or more constructions such that usage frequencies of one construction influence the patterns of variation in another one (Pijpops and Van de Velde 2016). Earlier research has shown that the frequencies of structures of the type she gave a nod of intelligence explain part of the lexical diversity that is found in the object slot of the nineteenth-century British ROC. These findings are now contrasted with American data to explore whether the phenomenon has gone beyond British English and, if so, examine how this is manifested in diachrony. The results show clear similarities with the British data, confirming that horizontal interaction in the network of the Late Modern English ROC played a role in the diverse configuration of this construction.
PB Routledge
SN 1744-4217
YR 2022
FD 2022-11-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/33028
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/33028
LA eng
NO Bouso, T. (2022). Where Does Lexical Diversity Come From? Horizontal Interaction in the Network of the Late Modern English Reaction Object Construction. English Studies, Vol. 103, n. 8, pp. 1334-1360. DOI: 10.1080/0013838X.2022.2136873
NO This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in English Studies on 15 Nov 2022, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2022.2136873
DS Minerva
RD 27 abr 2026