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Up and down the cline-- the nature of grammaticalization /
The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the nature of grammaticalization. Its contributions focus on the following questions: (i) In how far can grammaticalization be considered a universal diachronic process or mechanism of change and in how far is it conditioned by synchronic factors? (ii) W...
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| Format: | Électronique Actes de congrès eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
2004.
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| Collection: | Typological studies in language ;
v. 59. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Up and down the Cline
- The Nature of Grammaticalization; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; On directionality in language change with particular reference to grammaticalization*; Rescuing traditional (historical) linguistics from grammaticalization theory*; The English s-genitive; An investigation into the marginal modals dare and need in British present-day English; Redefining unidirectionality; From pronominalizer to pragmatic marker; Conditionals and subjectification; Unidirectionality in the grammaticalization of modality in Greek.