Rethinking Grammaticalization: New perspectives: 76 (Rethinking Grammaticalization. New perspectives & Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Grammaticalization) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027229880 ISBN 13: 9789027229885

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2008

Synopsis

This volume and its companion one Theoretical and empirical issues in grammaticalization offer a selection of papers from the Third International Conference New Reflections on Grammaticalization, held in Santiago de Compostela in July 2005. From the rich programme of the conference (over 120 papers), the twelve contributions included in this volume were carefully selected to reflect the state of current research in grammaticalization and suggest possible directions for future investigations in the field. Combining theoretical discussions with the analysis of particular test cases from a wide range of languages from various language families, the selected papers focus on such central questions as the need for a broader notion of grammaticalization, the distorting effects of grammaticalization on grammar, the areal perspective in grammaticalization and the relevance of contact-induced change to grammaticalization. Other topics discussed include the development of markers of textual connectivity and the emergence of cardinal numerals and numeral systems.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027229880
• ISBN 13: 9789027229885
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: López-Couso María José, Seoane Elena