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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Linden, An van, 1982-, Verstraete, Jean-Christophe, 1976-, Davidse, Kristin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Series:Typological studies in language.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization Research; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; On problem areas in grammaticalization:; Grammaticalization within and outside of a domain; Delexicalizing di; Should conditionals be emergent ... ; From manner expression to attitudinal discourse marker; Grammaticalization and lexicalization effects in participial morphology; Frequency as a cause of semantic change; The role of frequency and prosody in the grammaticalization of Korean -canh-; Emergence of the indefinite article:; To dare to or not to.