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1	Standing out with the progressive
	Wit, Astrid de; Petré, Peter; Brisard, Frank
	In: Journal of linguistics. - London [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press 56 (2020) 3, 479-514
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2	Special issue: constructionist approaches to individuality in language
	Anthonissen, Lynn (HerausgeberIn); Petré, Peter (HerausgeberIn). - Berlin [u.a.] : Mouton de Gruyter, [2020]
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3	Measurements of grammaticalization:: developing a quantitative index for the study of grammatical change
	Petré, Peter; Correia Saavedra, David; Hilpert, Martin. - 2019
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4	Sociocultural dimensions of lexis and text in the history of English
	Petré, Peter. - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Benjamins, 2018
	Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
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5	Sociocultural dimensions of lexis and text in the history of English
	Petré, Peter (Herausgeber); D'hoedt, Frauke (Herausgeber); Cuyckens, Hubert (Herausgeber). - Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018
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	UB Frankfurt Linguistik
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6	"… all spirits, and are melted into air, into thin air": Metaphorical connections in the history of English
	Alexander, Marc; Kay, Christian. - : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018
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7	The extravagant progressive: an experimental corpus study on the history of emphatic [BE Ving]
	Petré, Peter
	In: English language and linguistics. - Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press 21 (2017) 2, 227-250
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8	Reading the intentions of "be going to" : on the subjectification of future markers
	Budts, Sara; Petré, Peter
	In: Folia linguistica historica. - Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter 37 (2016), 1-32
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9	Why is there a Present-Day English absolute?
	van de Pol, Nikki; Petré, Peter
	In: ISSN: 0378-4177 ; Studies in Language ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01167210 ; Studies in Language, John Benjamins Publishing, 2015, 39 (1), pp.31. ⟨10.1075/sl.39.1.07pol⟩ (2015)
	Abstract: International audience ; Whereas the Present-day English (PDE) absolute construction has traditionally been labelled an infrequent, archaic and formal Latinism (Quirk et al. 1985: 1120), some recent studies have contested this view by claiming that the construction is still more productive than often thought (Kortmann 1991:2, König & van der Auwera 1990: 349). In addition, researchers have pointed out that cross-linguistically, English makes significantly more use of this construction than other Germanic languages (Kortmann 1995: 189-192). The reasons for this perceived discrepancy, however, are still largely unknown. It is the purpose of this article to verify the claim that absolute constructions in English differ substantially in their productivity and frequency from those in other Germanic languages by conducting a diachronic corpus-based comparison between English and Dutch. As it turns out, our data analysis confirms the existence of such a substantial difference. Second, the article will try to pinpoint why exactly this difference exists and will extrapolate these findings to include other Germanic languages such as German, Danish, Norse and Swedish with the aid of the already existing literature on the subject. It is suggested that two language-internal mechanisms form the basis of the differing frequency of absolutes in both language groups. First, the abundant use of ing-forms in English (e.g. gerunds, free adjuncts, progressives) is argued to support the continued existence of present participle absolutes syntagmatically through the mechanism of structural priming: i.e. given x in the preceding context, y is triggered (Loebell & Bock 2003; cf. Section 5.2). Second, the English absolute is supported paradigmatically by virtue of its dual connection to the rest of the language system through two types of functional and formal overlap: one with the gerund, and one with the prepositional postmodifier. In the other Germanic languages, only the latter type of overlap is present, meaning that they have less network links available than has English to support the construction's continued use. An additional, but arguably less crucial, factor is that of language external prescriptivism. Prescriptivism in English grammar never opposed the use of the absolute construction as vehemently or as consistently as happened in other Germanic languages. 2. The absolute construction Cross-linguistically the absolute construction can be identified as a non-finite construction, which always consists of two core elements: a (pro-)nominal subject and a predicate (Bauer 2000: 261). The predicate is typically a present (1) or past participle (2) but other possible predicate types include perfective participles, noun phrases, adjectival phrases, adverbial phrases, prepositional phrases and infinitives (Kortmann 1995: 195).
	Keyword: [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics; absolute construction; corpus linguistics; Dutch; English; Germanic; historical linguistics; ing-clauses
	URL: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01167210 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01167210/document https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.39.1.07pol https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01167210/file/van%20de%20Pol%20%26%20Petr%C3%A9%202015,%20Why%20is%20there%20a%20Present-day%20English%20absolute,%20Studies%20in%20language%20%5Bpreprint%5D.pdf
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10	On reading late modern intentions: a corpus-based analysis of the late modern English subjectification of be going to
	Budts, Sara; Petré, Peter
	In: ICAME 36 ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01167421 ; ICAME 36, May 2015, Trier, Germany (2015)
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11	On the Distribution and Merger of Is and Bið in Old and Middle English
	Petré, Peter
	In: Philological Society <London>. Transactions of the Philological Society. - Oxford [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell 111 (2013) 3, 301-325
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12	On ways of being on the way: Lexical, complex preposition and aspect marker uses
	Petré, Peter; Davidse, Kristin; Van Rompaey, Tinne
	In: International journal of corpus linguistics. - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Benjamins 17 (2012) 2, 229-258
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13	General productivity: how become waxed and wax became a copula
	Petré, Peter
	In: Cognitive linguistics. - Berlin ; Boston, Mass. : de Gruyter Mouton 23 (2012) 1, 27-65
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14	On ways of being on the way : lexical, complex preposition and aspect marker uses
	Petré, Peter; Davidse, Kristin; Rompaey, Tinne van
	In: International journal of corpus linguistics. - Amsterdam [u.a.] : Benjamins 17 (2012) 2, 229-258
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15	The functions of "weorðan" and its loss in the past tense in Old and Middle English
	Petré, Peter
	In: English language and linguistics. - Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press 14 (2010) 3, 457-484
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16	General productivity : how become waxed and wax became a copula
	Petré, Peter. - Leuven, 2010
	UB Frankfurt Linguistik
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17	Constructional change in Old and Middle English copular constructions and its impact on the lexicon
	Petré, Peter; Cuyckens, Hubert
	In: Folia linguistica historica. - Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter 30 (2009), 311-365
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18	Constructional change in Old and Middle English Copular Constructions and its impact on the lexicon
	Petré, Peter; Cuyckens, Hubert
	In: Folia linguistica historica. - Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter 43 (2009), 311-365
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19	Constructional change in Old and Middle English Copular Constructions and its impact on the lexicon
	Petré, Peter; Cuyckens, Hubert
	In: Folia linguistica historica. - Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter 30 (2009) 1, 311-365
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20	The prefix be-/bi- as a marker of verbs of deception in late old an early Middle English
	Petré, Peter. - Leuven : Universiteit, 2006
	MPI für Psycholinguistik
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