This volume explores how Diachronic Construction Grammar can shed new light on changes in a central and well-researched domain of grammar, namely modality. Its

Construction Grammar as a framework offers a new perspective on traditional historical questions in diachronic linguistics and language change: how do new const

This volume brings together ten contributions by leading experts who present their current usage-based research in Diachronic Construction Grammar. All papers c

This volume brings together a collection of 18 papers that look into the expression of modality in the grammars of natural languages, with an emphasis on its ma

Grammaticalization research has increasingly highlighted the notion of constructions in the last decade. In the wake of this heightened interest, efforts have b