{"title":"The diachronic analysis of resultative constructions","authors":"Yang Yanning","doi":"10.1075/langct.00043.yan","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/langct.00043.yan","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000This study aims to illustrate a systemic functional framework for analysing the change of constructions which are inherently form-meaning correspondences. The study first discusses the value of systemic functional linguistics (hereafter SFL) to solving the perceived problems arising from the theoretical model of grammaticalisation. The dominance of grammaticalisation theory in historical linguistics has led some to equate grammaticalisation with language change. However, a systematic exploration of the semantic change is frequently lost in the literature on grammaticalisation. SFL, since its beginning in the early 1980s, has become a leading linguistics school in dealing with semantic and lexicogrammatical changes and the mapping between meaning and form. This study proposes a framework in which SFL theories allow us to address the critical issues in construction change, hence providing mechanisms for the diachronic analysis of both semantic and lexicogrammatical changes. On the basis of the framework, this study focuses its analysis on the change of resultative constructions (hereafter RCs) in Old Chinese and Old English. The diachronic analysis shows that new constructions emerge through a cycle of language change in which the interaction of semantics and lexicogrammar plays a central role. In addition, semantic condensing and compacting are critical steps in the creation of new constructions.","PeriodicalId":29846,"journal":{"name":"Language Context and Text-The Social Semiotics Forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42821789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Archiving an academic legacy","authors":"Helen Caple, David G. Butt, F. Christie, Y. Doran","doi":"10.1075/langct.00042.cap","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/langct.00042.cap","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Michael Halliday’s and Ruqaiya Hasan’s estates have been found\u0000 to include a large amount of unpublished materials: draft papers, research\u0000 notes, photographs, comments on student papers and so on. They comprise\u0000 important elements of their legacy and a potential research resource. In this\u0000 paper we outline a project to preserve and digitise these materials and to make\u0000 them readily available internationally. The project is being carried out under\u0000 the auspices of, and with the support of, the Australian Systemic Functional\u0000 Linguistics Association Inc. (ASFLA).","PeriodicalId":29846,"journal":{"name":"Language Context and Text-The Social Semiotics Forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46706174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A trinocular view of the auxiliary verb will in\u0000 COVID-19 briefings from Westminster and Holyrood","authors":"D. Beauchamp, Sheena Gardner","doi":"10.1075/langct.22011.bea","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/langct.22011.bea","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This corpus assisted investigation of the auxiliary verb\u0000 will examines the various modalities and functions realised\u0000 in the register of political briefings given by Scottish (Holyrood) and United\u0000 Kingdom (Westminster) representatives throughout the first year of the\u0000 coronavirus pandemic.\u0000 A trinocular approach is taken to consider the lexicogrammatical\u0000 environment of will (from around), the discourse semantics of\u0000 will (from above) and the relationship between contraction\u0000 and meaning (from below).\u0000 Our trinocular approach with a focus on will as\u0000 a highly frequent item with great meaning potential has enabled us to gain\u0000 insights about the nature of how politicians used modality to persuade, organise\u0000 and empathise within coronavirus media briefings and thus shape their public\u0000 personas as leaders.","PeriodicalId":29846,"journal":{"name":"Language Context and Text-The Social Semiotics Forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48738085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}