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Pathways of change : grammaticalization in English /

There is a continual growth of interest among linguists of all-theoretical denominations in grammaticalization, a concept central to many linguistic (change) theories. However, the discussion of grammaticalization processes has often suffered from a shortage of concrete empirical studies from one of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fischer, Olga, Rosenbach, Anette, Stein, Dieter, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2000.
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; v. 53.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • PATHWAYS OF CHANGE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; A lovely little example: Wordorder options andcategory shift in the premodifying string; The grammaticalization of the verb 'pray'; The grammaticalization of concessive markers in Early Modern English; Combining English auxiliaries; Grammaticalisation: Unidirectional, non-reversable? The case of to before the infinitive in English; Remarks on the de-grammaticalisation of infinitival to in present-day American English; The role of person and position in Old English.