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Grammaticalization : current views and issues /

This volume contains a selection of papers on grammaticalization from a broad perspective. Some of the papers focus on basic concepts in grammaticalization research such as the concept of 'grammar' as the endpoint of grammaticalization processes, erosion, (uni)directionality, the relation...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Stathi, Katerina, Gehweiler, Elke, König, Ekkehard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam, the Netherlands ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 119.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This volume contains a selection of papers on grammaticalization from a broad perspective. Some of the papers focus on basic concepts in grammaticalization research such as the concept of 'grammar' as the endpoint of grammaticalization processes, erosion, (uni)directionality, the relation between grammaticalization and constructions, subjectification, and the relation between grammaticalization and analogy. Other papers shed a critical light on grammaticalization as an explanatory parameter in language change. New case studies of micro-processes of grammaticalization complete the selection. Th.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 379 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027288004
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6612775068