What do speakers of a language have to know, and what can they'figure out'on the basis of
that knowledge, in order for them to use their language successfully? This is the question at …

We investigate the cross-linguistic influence and the (longitudinal) impact of Content and
Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) on the acquisition of intensifying constructions, using …

Grammaticalization is traditionally defined as the gradual process whereby a lexical item
becomes a grammatical item (primary grammaticalization), which may be followed by further …

Usage-based approaches to language stress that a speaker's mental grammar arises from
and is shaped by language use and that the resulting mental representations include rich …

Extravagance and salience have gained increasing attention in studies of language change,
especially in Diachronic Construction Grammar. Nevertheless, the role of extravagance as a …

In this study, we present a corpus-based comparison of the use of intensifying constructions
in written L1 Dutch (Corpus Hedendaags Nederlands) and written L1 French (Frantext). We …

Degree modifying adverbs have been subject to extensive linguistic discussion as they
constitute a class that is very prone to language change: in studies with a (historical-) …

This paper takes a dynamic perspective on constructional networks by investigating which
factors play a role in the architecture of the network and how its internal structure may be …

While a fair share of attention has recently been devoted to the grammaticalization process
of size nouns in general (see Traugott, 2008) and individual case studies in particular (see …

This paper presents a diachronic analysis of the German quantifier/degree-modifier
constructions ein bisschen ('a bitDIM') and ein wenig ('a little'). On the basis of data from two …