An improved test of the constant rate hypothesis: late Modern American English possessive have

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Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory Pub Date : 2022-06-20 DOI:10.1515/cllt-2021-0038

Richard Zimmermann

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Abstract

Abstract The Constant Rate Hypothesis (CRH) predicts that a linguistic innovation should spread at identical rates of change in all grammatical contexts in which it is used (Kroch 1989. Reflexes of grammar in patterns of language change. Language Variation and Change 1(3). 199–244). Weaknesses in previous tests of the CRH are identified. A new study is conducted that improves upon them. It utilizes a syntactic change in late Modern American English possessive have, which altered its realization in the grammar-theoretically related contexts negation, inversion, VP-adjunction and VP-ellipsis. Data sets are collected from the Corpus of Historical American English (Davies 2010. The corpus of historical American English: 400 million words, 1810-2009. http://corpus.byu.edu/coha/ (accessed 10 September 2016)) and analyzed with mixed-effects logistic regression models. The statistical analysis reveals that it is indeed plausible to assume that each of the contexts innovates the use of possessive have at the same speed. Implications of the findings for the CRH are discussed.

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恒率假设的改进检验:晚期现代美式英语所有格have

恒定速率假设(CRH)预测一种语言创新在使用它的所有语法语境中应该以相同的变化速率传播(Kroch 1989)。语言模式中的语法反射变化。语言变异与变化1(3)。199 - 244)。指出了先前CRH测试中的弱点。一项新的研究在此基础上进行了改进。它利用了现代晚期美国英语所有格have的句法变化，改变了它在语法理论相关语境中的实现方式，即否定、倒装、副格修饰和副格省略。数据集收集自美国历史英语语料库(Davies 2010)。美国历史英语语料库:4亿字，1810-2009。http://corpus.byu.edu/coha/(2016年9月10日访问))，并使用混合效应逻辑回归模型进行分析。统计分析表明，假设每一种语境都以同样的速度革新所有格have的用法确实是合理的。本文还讨论了研究结果对CRH的影响。

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期刊介绍： Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory (CLLT) is a peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality original corpus-based research focusing on theoretically relevant issues in all core areas of linguistic research, or other recognized topic areas. It provides a forum for researchers from different theoretical backgrounds and different areas of interest that share a commitment to the systematic and exhaustive analysis of naturally occurring language. Contributions from all theoretical frameworks are welcome but they should be addressed at a general audience and thus be explicit about their assumptions and discovery procedures and provide sufficient theoretical background to be accessible to researchers from different frameworks. Topics Corpus Linguistics Quantitative Linguistics Phonology Morphology Semantics Syntax Pragmatics.