Kiyono Fujinaga-Gordon, Ph.D. (2021), University at Buffalo, is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Japanese Studies at Carnegie Mellon University.

• List of TablesList of Figures1 Introduction: Relationship between Language Change and Language Acquisition1 Scope of Study and Background2 Linguistic Variations in Language Change and Language Acquisition: A Variationist Sociolinguistic View3 Hypothesis2 Descriptive Characteristics of Japanese Benefactive Constructions1 Benefactives across Languages2 Overview of Benefactive Constructions in Japanese3 Role and Reference Grammar Analysis4 Comparison with Cognitive Construction Grammar Analyses of Japanese Benefactive Constructions5 Acquisition of Japanese Giving and Receiving Verbs3 Historical Development of Japanese Benefactive Constructions1 Crosslinguistic Surveys on the Grammaticalization of Benefactive Constructions2 Previous Studies on the Diachronic Development of Japanese Giving and Receiving Verbs3 Constructionalization and Constructional Change4 Change in Linkage-Nexus Types: An RRG Approach to the Development of Japanese Benefactive Constructions5 The Study6 Chapter Summary4 Child Language Development1 Methodology2 Participants3 Data Overview4 Role and Reference Grammar Analysis5 Chapter Summary5 Conclusions1 Chapter Summary2 Relationship between Historical Language Development and Language Acquisition3 Future Direction of Role and Reference GrammarReferencesIndex

Kiyono Fujinaga-Gordon, Ph.D. (2021), University at Buffalo, is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Japanese Studies at Carnegie Mellon University.

• List of TablesList of Figures1 Introduction: Relationship between Language Change and Language Acquisition1 Scope of Study and Background2 Linguistic Variations in Language Change and Language Acquisition: A Variationist Sociolinguistic View3 Hypothesis2 Descriptive Characteristics of Japanese Benefactive Constructions1 Benefactives across Languages2 Overview of Benefactive Constructions in Japanese3 Role and Reference Grammar Analysis4 Comparison with Cognitive Construction Grammar Analyses of Japanese Benefactive Constructions5 Acquisition of Japanese Giving and Receiving Verbs3 Historical Development of Japanese Benefactive Constructions1 Crosslinguistic Surveys on the Grammaticalization of Benefactive Constructions2 Previous Studies on the Diachronic Development of Japanese Giving and Receiving Verbs3 Constructionalization and Constructional Change4 Change in Linkage-Nexus Types: An RRG Approach to the Development of Japanese Benefactive Constructions5 The Study6 Chapter Summary4 Child Language Development1 Methodology2 Participants3 Data Overview4 Role and Reference Grammar Analysis5 Chapter Summary5 Conclusions1 Chapter Summary2 Relationship between Historical Language Development and Language Acquisition3 Future Direction of Role and Reference GrammarReferencesIndex

Kiyono Fujinaga-Gordon, Ph.D. (2021), University at Buffalo, is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Japanese Studies at Carnegie Mellon University.

• List of TablesList of Figures1 Introduction: Relationship between Language Change and Language Acquisition1 Scope of Study and Background2 Linguistic Variations in Language Change and Language Acquisition: A Variationist Sociolinguistic View3 Hypothesis2 Descriptive Characteristics of Japanese Benefactive Constructions1 Benefactives across Languages2 Overview of Benefactive Constructions in Japanese3 Role and Reference Grammar Analysis4 Comparison with Cognitive Construction Grammar Analyses of Japanese Benefactive Constructions5 Acquisition of Japanese Giving and Receiving Verbs3 Historical Development of Japanese Benefactive Constructions1 Crosslinguistic Surveys on the Grammaticalization of Benefactive Constructions2 Previous Studies on the Diachronic Development of Japanese Giving and Receiving Verbs3 Constructionalization and Constructional Change4 Change in Linkage-Nexus Types: An RRG Approach to the Development of Japanese Benefactive Constructions5 The Study6 Chapter Summary4 Child Language Development1 Methodology2 Participants3 Data Overview4 Role and Reference Grammar Analysis5 Chapter Summary5 Conclusions1 Chapter Summary2 Relationship between Historical Language Development and Language Acquisition3 Future Direction of Role and Reference GrammarReferencesIndex