New reflections on grammaticalization / edited by Ilse Wischer, Gabriele Diewald.

The contributions in this volume cover a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues and raise a number of new questions that indicate the future direction of grammaticalization studies. The volume focuses on issues such as grammaticalization and lexicalization; the unidirectionality hypothe...

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Other Authors: Wischer, Ilse, 1959-, Diewald, Gabriele
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2002.
Series:Typological studies in language ; v. 49.
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Summary:The contributions in this volume cover a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues and raise a number of new questions that indicate the future direction of grammaticalization studies. The volume focuses on issues such as grammaticalization and lexicalization; the unidirectionality hypothesis; the issue of the relevance of contexts for grammaticalization; the description of grammaticalization paths. Much of the current work concentrates on such categories, as discourse markers, honorifics or classifiers, which have not previously been central to works on grammaticalization. Other stu.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 435 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0585462666
9780585462660
9027297215
9789027297211
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9781282254527
9786612254529
6612254521
ISSN:0167-7373 ;
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
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