Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues: 19:1 - Softcover

 
9789027228963: Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume I. Theoretical and methodological issues: 19:1
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9027228965 ISBN 13: 9789027228963
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1991

Synopsis

The study of grammaticalization raises a number of fundamental theoretical issues pertaining to the relation of langue and parole, creativity and automatic coding, synchrony and diachrony, categoriality and continua, typological characteristics and language-specific forms, etc., and therefore challenges some of the basic tenets of twentieth century linguistics.This two-volume work presents a number of diverse theoretical viewpoints on grammaticalization and gives insights into the genesis, development, and organization of grammatical categories in a number of language world-wide, with particular attention to morphosyntactic and semantic-pragmatic issues.
The papers in Volume I are divided into two sections, the first concerned with general method, and the second with issues of directionality. Those in Volume II are divided into five sections: verbal structure, argument structure, subordination, modality, and multiple paths of grammaticalization.

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Synopsis

This two-volume work presents a number of diverse theoretical viewpoints on grammaticalization and gives insights into the genesis, development and organization of grammatical categories in a number of languages world-wide, with particular attention to morphosyntactic and semantic-pragmatic issues. The papers in volume one are divided into two sections, the first concerned with general method and the second with issues of directionality. Those in volume two are divided into five sections: verbal structure, argument structure, subordination, modality, and multiple paths of grammaticalization. The study of grammaticalization raises a number of fundamental theoretical issues pertaining to the relation of "langue" and "parole", creativity and automatic coding, synchrony and diachrony, categoriality and continua, typological characteristics and language-specific forms, and therefore challenges some of the basic tenets of 20th-century linguistics.

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Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9027228965
ISBN 13 
9789027228963
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
372
Editor
Traugott Elizabeth Closs, Heine Bernd