Thoughts on grammaticalization.
After a short review of the history of research, the work introduces and delimits the concepts related to grammaticalization. It then provides extensive exemplification of grammaticalization phenomena in diverse languages, ordered by grammatical domains such as the verbal, pronominal and nominal sph...
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| Language: | English |
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Language Science Press
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| Summary: | After a short review of the history of research, the work introduces and delimits the concepts related to grammaticalization. It then provides extensive exemplification of grammaticalization phenomena in diverse languages, ordered by grammatical domains such as the verbal, pronominal and nominal sphere and clause level relations. The final chapter presents a theory of grammaticalization which is based on the autonomy of the linguistic sign with respect to the paradigmatic and syntagmatic axes. This is the basis of the structural parameters that constitute grammaticalization. They are operationalized to the point of rendering degrees of grammaticalization measurable. |
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| Item Description: | OAPEN Library EBSCO eBook Open Access (OA) Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (214+xiii pages)) |
| ISBN: | 9783946234074 3946234070 9783946234067 3946234062 3946234054 9783946234050 |
