Daniel McColm
PhD Linguistics & English Language
- Linguistics and English Language
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: S1460918@sms.ed.ac.uk
Background
Research interests
My research is concerned with multiple source constructions in language change from a cross-linguistic perspective, using the development of the way-construction in three Germanic languages (English, German and Dutch) as a case study, in particular to develop theoretical aspects of principles of constructionalization and constructional change, outlined by Traugott & Trousdale (2013).
I am also interested in Bybeean exemplar models of language, corpus linguistics, collostructional analysis techniques (see e.g. Gries and Stefanowitsch 2003) and usage-based Construction Grammar, the theoretical framework in which my research is conducted.
Previous research projects
- Masters dissertation on the evolution of the way-construction & fake reflexive resultative construction from 1820 to the present day
Publications
- Whatever happened to whatever? The atypical development of an interjection in the recent history of English. Co-authored with Dr Graeme Trousdale. (2017)
Research summary
Construction Grammar