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SUMMARY:Guest lecture Impact and interaction of social situation\, cog
 nitive training\, and personality type on constructional change (Peter
  Petré\, University of Antwerp)
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DESCRIPTION:RTG Dimensions of Constructional Space Peter Petré (Unive
 rsity of Antwerp): Impact and interaction of social situation\, cognit
 ive training\, and personality type on constructional change 20.05.202
 6\, 12:15-13:45\, C601. 20.05.2026\, 12:15-13:45\, C601. Abstract: Soc
 ial and cognitive dimensions are still often kept separate in historic
 al linguistics\, which prevents a more complete view of language chang
 e. This paper focuses on how they interact language users dealing with
  the multilayered and complex nature of a grammaticalizing constructio
 n. In recent years historical linguistics\, and grammaticalization the
 ory in particular\, have embraced the concept of multisource construct
 ions. To gain understanding in how language users deal with grammar ch
 ange involving multiple sources\, this paper zooms in on the [BE Ving]
  construction and the substantial development it undergoes in Early Mo
 dern English. It is in Early Modern English that the tensions inherent
  in the construction&#8217\;s blended nature are gradually resolved. I
  provide evidence that variation in use of this construction is co-det
 ermined by social and cognitive factors alike. Socially\, citizens of 
 London avoid relics of the nominal source significantly more often tha
 n language users outside of London. Cognitively a similar correlation 
 is found with level of training in Latin grammar. Attention is also dr
 awn to the impact of what may be called &#8216\;aptness&#8217\; for tr
 aditional grammar training. While this factor remains a little elusive
  at this point\, it does provide preliminary evidence for the role pla
 yed by neurodiversity in language change. To my knowledge\, neurodiver
 sity has so far not been considered in historical linguistics. With th
 e growing evidence and recent attention to differences in recurrent br
 ain functioning I argue that a full understanding of language change w
 ill benefit from including this dimension more in future research.
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LOCATION:C 601\, Bismarckstr. 1\, Erlangen
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