Grammaticalization (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

Hopper, Paul J.; Traugott, Elizabeth Closs

ISBN 10: 0521366550 / ISBN 13: 9780521366557

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1993

About this Item

Published by Cambridge University Press in 1993, this is the first hardback printing of Paul Hopper and Elizabeth Closs Traugott's Grammaticalization from the Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Series. 256 pages, black cloth binding, gilt lettering the book and dust jacket are both in very good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grammaticalization (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521366550
• ISBN 13: 9780521366557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

Review

"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