Fonteyn, LaurenLaurenFonteynHartmann, StefanStefanHartmann2019-09-192017-12-152017https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/42795This paper illustrates how different methodological approaches can be combined to reveal complex patterns of constructional variation and change in the diachronic development of English ing-nominals. More specifically, we argue that approaching the data from a schema-based (rather than morpheme-based) perspective shows that nominal gerunds in English, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, have undergone a semantic drift towards more “nouny” construal variants. This hypothesis is supported not only by raw frequency counts, but also by association measures and by a detailed analysis of hapax legomena.engMorphologyUsage-based linguisticsHistory of Englisharticlehttps://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bamberg/frontdoor/index/index/docId/50867urn:nbn:de:bvb:473-opus4-504980