Abstract De Smet et al. (2018) propose that when functionally similar constructions come to overlap, analogical attraction may occur. So may differentiation, but this process involves attraction to other subnetworks and is both “accidental” and “exceptional”. I argue that differentiation plays a considerably more significant role than De Smet et al. allow. My case study is the development of the dative and benefactive alternations. The rise of the dative alternation (e.g., “gave the Saxons land” ∼ “gave land to the Saxons”) has been shown to occur in later Middle English between 1400 and 1500 (Zehentner 2018). Building on Zehentner and Traugott (2020), the rise of the benefactive alternation (e.g., “build her a house” ∼ “build a house for her”) in Early Modern English c1650 is analyzed from a historical constructionalist perspective and compared with the rise of the dative alternation. The histories of the alternations exemplify the rise of functionally similar constructions that overlap, and show that differentiation from each other plays as large a role as attraction. Both attraction and differentiation occur at several levels of abstraction: verb-specific constructions, schemas and larger systemic changes.

中文翻译：

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接受者转移和受益人交替的历史证明了分化和吸引力的交织

摘要De Smet等。（2018）提出，当功能相似的结构重叠时，可能会发生类比吸引。分化也可能如此，但是这个过程涉及吸引其他子网，既是“偶然的”又是“异常的”。我认为，分化起着比De Smet等人重要得多的作用。允许。我的案例研究是和格和受益人交替的发展。习语交替的兴起（例如，“撒克逊人的土地”〜“撒克逊人的土地”）在后来的中古英语中出现在1400和1500之间（Zehentner 2018）。在Zehentner和Traugott（2020）的基础上，受益轮换的兴起（例如，早期现代英语c1650中的“为她建房”〜“为她建房”）是从历史建构主义的角度进行分析的，并将其与和解的兴起进行了比较。交替的历史说明了功能相似的重叠结构的兴起，并表明彼此的区别起着吸引的作用。吸引和分化都发生在抽象的几个层次上：动词特定的构造，模式和更大的系统变化。