essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …

Languages differ in how systematically and obligatorily they encode conceptual categories
such as tense and aspect. By drawing on large parallel corpora, these differences can be …

Progressive constructions in Germanic are usually studied as progressive constructions—
that is, exclusively so. I characterize this as a top-down approach to aspect, which, I argue …

Grounding is what is needed to single out an instance of a type or, in other words, to achieve
reference in discourse. A so-called grounding predication is essential to the formation of a …

In this paper we demonstrate on the basis of diachronic and synchronic data from a variety
of languages that progressives are particularly liable to be used for the expression of …

Abstract In English, the alternation between simple vs progressive marking reflects a
temporal contrast (perfective vs imperfective construals of a situation) as well as an …

Cité Duits (lit.'mining district German') emerged as a Belgian Dutch-Maaslands-German
contact variety among the children of immigrant miners in the coalmining district of Belgian …

This article addresses the question of how and why verbs combine in complex verb
constructions in Dutch. We discuss introspective data reported in reference grammars and …

The collection of papers presented in this special issue addresses the non-temporal import
of aspectual constructions, in conventional and less conventional contexts and expression …

This article offers a conceptual and methodological contribution to linguistics by exploring
the potential value of using sentiment analysis (SA) for research in this field. Firstly, it …