Corpus approaches to grammaticalization in English

Corpus approaches to grammaticalization in English / edited by Hans Lindquist, Christian Mair.

Grammaticalization is an important concept in general and typological linguistics and a prominent type of explanation in historical linguistics. For historical corpus linguists, grammaticalization theory provides a frame of orientation in their effort to analyze and systematize a fast-accumulating m...

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Other Authors: Lindquist, Hans, Mair, Christian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2004.
Series:Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 13.
Subjects:
English language > Discourse analysis.
English language > Grammaticalization.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
English language > Discourse analysis
English language > Grammaticalization
Grammaticalisering.
Engels.
Corpuslinguïstiek.
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Table of Contents:
  • Three perspectives on grammaticalization : lexico-grammar, corpora and historical sociolinguistics / Terttu Nevalainen
  • Have to, gotta, must : grammaticalisation, variation and specialization in English deontic modality / Sali Tagliamonte
  • The semantic path from modality to aspect : be able to in a cross-linguistic perspective / Karin Aijmer
  • The passival and the progressive passive : a case study of layering in the English aspect and voice systems / Marianne Hundt
  • Corpus linguistics and grammaticalisation theory : statistics, frequencies, and beyond / Christian Mair
  • Grammaticalisation from side to side : on the development of beside(s) / Matti Rissanen
  • Are low-frequency complex prepositions grammaticalized? : on the limits of corpus data, and the importance of intuition / Sebastian Hoffmann
  • Life after degrammaticalisation : plural be / Laura Wright
  • Subject clitics in English : a case of degrammaticalization? / Laurel J. Brinton.

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