Up and down the cline-- the nature of grammaticalization

Up and down the cline-- the nature of grammaticalization / edited by Olga Fischer, Muriel Norde, Harry Perridon.

The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the nature of grammaticalization. Its contributions focus on the following questions: (i) In how far can grammaticalization be considered a universal diachronic process or mechanism of change and in how far is it conditioned by synchronic factors? (ii) W...

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Corporate Author: New Reflections on Grammaticalization II Conference University of Amsterdam
Other Authors: Fischer, Olga, Norde, Muriel, 1968-, Perridon, Harry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2004.
Series:Typological studies in language ; v. 59.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization > Congresses.
Linguistics.
linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization
Linguistics
Grammaticalisering.
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Up and down the Cline
  • The Nature of Grammaticalization; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; On directionality in language change with particular reference to grammaticalization*; Rescuing traditional (historical) linguistics from grammaticalization theory*; The English s-genitive; An investigation into the marginal modals dare and need in British present-day English; Redefining unidirectionality; From pronominalizer to pragmatic marker; Conditionals and subjectification; Unidirectionality in the grammaticalization of modality in Greek.

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