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If a grammatical construction is generally becoming rarer, are all speakers using it less?

What is it about?

The question of whether a general decline in the use of a grammatical construction can be attributed to diminished use by individual speakers in the course of their lifetime.

Why is it important?

Its focus on disappearing constructions complements research on individual speakers' contribution to the creation of new conventionalized grammar.

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