Both papers explore key questions in language change and the evolving relationship between #grammaticalization and #DiachronicConstructionGrammar. Abstracts below β¬οΈ
Both papers explore key questions in language change and the evolving relationship between #grammaticalization and #DiachronicConstructionGrammar. Abstracts below β¬οΈ
2. Rescuing grammaticalization from construction hegemony: the evolution of the modal better (Folia Linguistica Historica) In collaboration with Debra Ziegeler β doi.org/10.1515/flin...
1. Grammaticalization vs. Diachronic Construction Grammar (Studies in Language) In collaboration with Bernd Heine, Debra Ziegeler & Eric MΓ©lac β doi.org/10.1075/sl.2...
π’ (Double) publication alert!
Proud to share two new papers I co-authored.
Happy to share that the latest issue of English Language and Linguistics (CUP), which I co-edited, is now open access!
The issue, βCognitive Approaches to Variation and Change in the English Modal Domainβ, explores cutting-edge research on how English modals vary and change. β¬οΈ
Just back in Paris after a few weeks in China for the first edition of the #Grammaticalization vs. #DiachronicConstructionGrammar workshop at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, followed by some lectures at Capital Normal University (Beijing). Many thanks to my hosts for the kind invitation!
π’ New paper alert!
Our new paper with Steven Coats, Cameron Morin & Robert Fuchs introduces a brand-new corpus of #SingaporeEnglish podcasts (available open access).
Check it out here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Honoured to have given a plenary lecture at the #SLE2025 conference in Bordeaux!
I dicussed how modal constructions of necessity and obligation in #SingaporeEnglish are affected by contact phenomena.
πΊ If interested, watch the full plenary here:
#linguistics
Photo of the author of the award-winning book "Modality in contact" holding a copy of the book in front of a table of De Gruyter Mouton books at the 2025 SLE Annual Meeting.
π Happy authors, happy publisher!
π Congratulations to our author Carmelo Alessandro Basile for winning the prestigious Eugenio Coseriu Award presented by the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) at their 58th Annual Meeting in Bordeaux. #SLE2025
In my latest research note, I assess the impact of an internet increasingly populated by AI-generated texts on linguistics and corpora.
corpling.hypotheses.org/4690
π’ Proud to share the publication of this special issue in CogniTextes
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οΈ First time for me as a guest editor, it was a pleasure to have @gdlinguist.bsky.social & Dylan Glynn by my side!