Habitual constructions, such as those based on English used to and Spanish soler, are linguistic expressions denoting situations that typically occur. This volume proposes a novel approach to such expressions, arguing that habituality is not a unified semantic category, but rather a family of related meanings which differ in their scopal position within the clause. The volume contains a detailed account of habitual meaning from the perspective of Functional Discourse Grammar as well as in-depth empirical studies of habitual constructions in ten languages: Coptic, Plains Cree, Dolgan, Ancient Greek, Kwaza, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, and Spanish.
It will be of interest not just to specialists of these languages, but to anyone working on habituality and other aspectual categories in the languages of the world.
| ISBN: | 9789027231994 |
| Publication date: | 6th January 2026 |
| Author: | Sune Gregersen, Kees Hengeveld |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 397 pages |
| Series: | Typological Studies in Language |
| Genres: |
Grammar, syntax and morphology |
Habitual constructions, such as those based on English used to and Spanish soler, are linguistic expressions denoting situations that typically occur. This volume proposes a novel approach to such expressions, arguing that habituality is not a unified semantic category, but rather a family of related meanings which differ in their scopal position within the clause.
A Layered Approach to Habitual Constructions features in the following genres: Grammar, syntax and morphology
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A Layered Approach to Habitual Constructions was written by Sune Gregersen, Kees Hengeveld and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
A Layered Approach to Habitual Constructions has 397 pages
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