Browse Dept. of Linguistics by Author "Ross, Daniel"

  • Conventionalization of grammatical anomolies through linearization 
    Ross, Daniel (Studies in the Linguistic Sciences: Illinois Working Papers, 2018)
    This article explores the diachronic influence of linear form in the grammaticalization of new constructions, especially those with distinctive functional and structural properties. For example, it is shown that the ...

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  • Dialectal variation and diachronic development of try-complementation 
    Ross, Daniel (Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013)
    English try can select a wide range of verbal complementation patterns, especially when dialectal variation is considered. This article presents an overview of these complement types. The goals are threefold: first, to ...

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