Van Huyssteen, Gerhard B., Breed, Adri, Butler, Anneke, Botha, Lande, Partridge, Maristi, and Pilon, Suléne. 2023. ʼn Metodologie vir die beskrywing van konstruksionaliseringsnetwerke: Konstruksies met [in] as gevallestudie [A methodology for the description of constructionalisation networks: Constructions with [in] as a case study]. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus 67:29–42. DOI: 10.5842/67-1-932.
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Figuur 2: Polisemiese netwerk van “in” in HAT Figuur 3: Polisemiese netwerk van “in” in WAT Figuur 4: Polisemiese netwerk van “in” in korpusdata Figuur 5: Netwerk van “in”-konstruksies met vloekwoorde Figuur 6: Geamalgameerde polisemiese netwerk van “in”
Views on constructionalisation and constructional change are at the forefront of construction grammar approaches to language change. In order to be able to talk about constructionalisation and constructional changes in a particular part of the constructicon, it is necessary to have both a diachronic and synchronic view of that network of constructions. The overall purpose of this contribution is to propose a methodology (i.e. a set of methods, principles, rules, etc. for a specific purpose within a specific theory / discipline) for the description and explanation of constructionalisation networks, i.e. networks with a temporal dimension that indicate the development of constructions. To illustrate this framework, we look at the constructionalisation network of "in" as a prepositional lexical item, as based on data from dictionaries and corpora. It is shown that changes in a construction network are (among other things) characterised by the presence of taboo constructions in that part of the network, and that constructions with taboo words can be taken as one of the starting points to search for constructional change and constructionalisations in a network.
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Afrikaans
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Afrikaans
Keywords
Afrikaans, constructionalisation, constructional change, construction network, construction grammar, constructionalisation network, methodology, morphology, P-item, adposition, swearing, swearword, corpus linguistics
