Overview: Offers a new perspective, constructionist approach in the field of historical linguistics.Provides empirical evidence from corpus analysis covering a 2000-year time span.Offers cross-linguistic comparThis book deals with synchronic variation in Chinese through a diachronic lens, based on the evidence from a quantitative, longitudinal corpus study. Departing from the traditional analysis in diachronic changes in Chinese linguistics, the cognitive constructionist approach employed in this book is able to capture incremental changes by combining syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Topics
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