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Paul J. Hopper (editor) and
Anna Giacalone Ramat (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
John Benjamins Pub Co
Publication date
July 15, 1998
Pages
313
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9789027229366
ISBN-10
9027229368
Dimensions
0 by 1 in.
Original list price
$63.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The earliest use of the term âgrammaticalizationâ was to refer to the process whereby lexical words of a language (such as English keep in âhe keeps beesâ) become grammatical forms (such as the auxiliary in âhe keeps looking at meâ). Changes of this kind, which involve semantic fading and a downshift from a major to a minor category, have generally been agreed to come under the heading of grammaticalization. But other changes that equally contribute to new grammatical forms do not involve this kind of fading. In recent years, a debate has arisen over how to constrain the term theoretically. Is grammaticalization to be distinguished from âlexicalizationâ, the creation and fixing of new words out of older patterns of compounding? If so, how is the line to be drawn between a form that is grammatical and one that is lexical? Should the term âgrammaticalizationâ be extended to the study of the origins of grammatical constructions in general? If so, it will have to include broader issues such as word order change and the reanalysis of phrases. What principles govern these processes? Is grammaticalization a unidirectional event, or can change occur in the reverse direction? The authors of the papers in this volume approach these important questions from a variety of data types, including historical texts, creoles, and a typologically broad sample of modern and ancient languages.
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from John Benjamins Pub Co (July 15, 1998)
9789027229366 | details & prices | 313 pages | List price $63.00
About: The earliest use of the term âgrammaticalizationâ was to refer to the process whereby lexical words of a language (such as English keep in âhe keeps beesâ) become grammatical forms (such as the auxiliary in âhe keeps looking at meâ).
About: The earliest use of the term âgrammaticalizationâ was to refer to the process whereby lexical words of a language (such as English keep in âhe keeps beesâ) become grammatical forms (such as the auxiliary in âhe keeps looking at meâ).
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