Grammaticalization (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) - Softcover

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Hopper, Paul J.; Traugott, Elizabeth Closs

 
9780521366847: Grammaticalization (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

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This is the first general introduction to grammaticalization, the processes whereby ordinary lexical items, such as nouns and verbs, change over time into grammatical elements such as case markers, sentence connectives and auxiliaries, and whereby grammatical elements in general come into being and decay. The authors synthesize work from several areas of linguistics, including historical linguistics, discourse analysis and pragmatics. Data are drawn from many languages, including Ewe, Finnish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Malay, and especially English.

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"This book is an excellent introduction to grammaticalization as a specialized area of linguistics....the presentation is well enough organized that the non-expert can get an overview of the basic issues addressed without wading through the detailed discussions....The organization of the book well supports the main theme and guides the reader efficiently through the different aspects of grammaticalization." Thomas Willett, Notes on Linguistics

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