This dissertation advances our understanding of the cross-linguistic variation in the
expression of temporal adverbial relations, the semantic polyfunctionality of temporal clause …

In its 1500-year history, the English language has seen dramatic grammatical changes. This
book offers a comprehensive and reader-friendly account of the major developments …

This paper discusses the frequency distribution of the types of if-conditionals recognised in
the corpus-based classification developed in Gabrielatos (2010: 230–265). It is pertinent to …

It has often been claimed that conditionals have a special relation to modality. This study
tests this claim empirically by examining the frequency of modal marking in a number of …

The conventional methodology of variationist linguistics foregrounds the variable as the
object of study: each variant is situated in the envelope of variation against the other variants …

Evidentials indicate the source of information and/or the mode of access to the evidence on
the basis of which the speaker/writer (henceforth S/W) feels entitled to make a claim (cf …

This article presents mutually connected pilot studies on the development of certain
complementizers capable of introducing propositional complements in South and North …

This thesis is a diachronic constructional exploration into late-stage grammatical change,
defined as the creation of new grammatical constructions out of pre-existing grammatical …

This article examines the development of the subordinators till and until as minor
complementizers in the Late Middle English and Early Modern English periods. An analysis …

This article analyzes the diachrony of the Basque marker bait-, which is a verbal prefix in
subordinate clauses, but also has other functions: for example, it appears in independent …