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On why we still say GEACHT WORDEN TE 'be supposed to' in Dutch, while, unlike in English, we no longer say GEZEGD WORDEN TE 'be said to'.
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“Constructional renovation” is a new term for an under-researched phenomenon where a construction that is disappearing from a language gets revived, particularly as a result of language contact. The possible effect of language contact for the evolution of the constructional resources of a language is not limited to borrowing, therefore.
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This page is a summary of: 10. Constructional renovation: The role of French legal language in the survival of the nominative-and-infinitive in Dutch, November 2018, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/9783110619430-011.
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