I-IV -- Proem -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Historical sociolinguistics -- Chapter 3 Social network analysis - present and past -- Chapter 4 Personal pronouns -- Chapter 5 Relative clauses -- Chapter 6 The light verb construction -- Chapter 7 Conclusion: a network perspective -- Notes -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- 319-320