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Formal evidence in grammaticalization research /

This collective volume focuses on the crucial role of formal evidence in recognizing and explaining instances of grammaticalization. It addresses the hitherto neglected issue of system-internal factors steering grammaticalization and also revisits formal recognition criteria such as Lehmann and Hopp...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Linden, An van, 1982-, Verstraete, Jean-Christophe, 1976-, Davidse, Kristin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Colección:Typological studies in language.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This collective volume focuses on the crucial role of formal evidence in recognizing and explaining instances of grammaticalization. It addresses the hitherto neglected issue of system-internal factors steering grammaticalization and also revisits formal recognition criteria such as Lehmann and Hopper's parameters of grammaticalization. The articles investigate developments of such phenomena as modal auxiliaries, attitudinal markers, V1-conditionals, nominalizers, and pronouns, using data from a wide range of languages and (in some cases) from diachronic corpora. In the process, they explore f.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (344 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027287670
9027287678
1282904574
9781282904576
9786612904578
6612904577