World Lexicon of Grammaticalization.

While the comparative method is concerned with regularities in phonological change, grammaticalization theory deals with regularities of grammatical change. In an A-Z format, this book summarizes the most salient generalizations that have been made on the unidirectional change of grammatical forms a...

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Main Author: Heine, Bernd
Other Authors: Kuteva, Tania
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Overview of the Solar System
  • Theories for the Origin of the Solar System
  • Story of the Solar System
  • Part 1 Genesis of the Sun and Solar Nebula
  • Time zero Giant Molecular Cloud
  • 2000000 years Solar Globule
  • 2030000 years Protosun
  • 2130000 years Solar Nebula
  • 3 million years T-Tauri Phase
  • 3 million years Outflow and Post-T-Tauri Phase
  • 30-50 million years The Main Sequence
  • Part 2 Emergence of the Sun's Family
  • 2200000 years Planetesimals and Protoplanets.
  • 2-3 million years Gas Giants and Asteroids
  • 3-10 million years Ice Giants and Comets
  • 3-10 million years Regular Satellites
  • 10-100 million years Terrestrial Planets
  • 100-1300 million years The Heavy Bombardment
  • 700-1300 million years Building the Atmospheres
  • 4500 million years? Formation of the Ring Systems
  • 4660 million years The Modern Solar System
  • Part 3 Solar System Past and Present
  • The Sun
  • Local Star
  • Anatomy of the Sun
  • The Violent Sun
  • The Changing Sun
  • Mercury
  • Iron Planet
  • Physical Overview
  • Cosmic Casualty
  • Evolution of Mercury.
  • Venus
  • Hell Planet
  • Atmosphere
  • Beneath the Clouds
  • Evolution of Venus
  • Earth
  • Goldilocks Planet
  • Active Planet
  • Dead Moon
  • Formation of the Moon
  • Evolution of the Moon
  • Evolution of the Earth
  • Mars
  • Red Planet
  • Physical Overview
  • Atmosphere and Climate
  • Evolution of Mars
  • The Dogs of Mars: Phobos and Deimos
  • Asteroids
  • Vermin of the Skies
  • The Asteroid Belt
  • Other Asteroids
  • History of the Asteroids
  • Jupiter
  • Giant among Giants
  • Physical Overview
  • Rings and Small Satellites
  • The Galilean Satellites
  • History of the Jovian System.
  • Saturn
  • Lord of the Rings
  • Physical Overview
  • Saturn's Rings
  • Titan and Other Satellites
  • History of the Saturnian System
  • Uranus
  • World on its Side
  • Physical Overview
  • Ring System
  • Uranian Satellites
  • History of the Uranian System
  • Neptune
  • Last Giant Outpost
  • Physical Overview
  • Rings
  • Triton and Other Satellites
  • History of the Neptunian System
  • Pluto and Charon
  • Binary Planet
  • Pluto
  • Charon
  • History of Pluto and Charon
  • Comets
  • Dirty Snowballs
  • Comets
  • The Oort Cloud
  • The Kuiper Belt
  • History of the Comet Reservoirs
  • Part 4 End of an Era.
  • Present-day -10900 million years Main Sequence
  • 10900-11600 million years Subgiant Phase
  • 11600 -12233 million years Red Giant Phase
  • 12233-12365 million years Helium Burning and Second Red Giant Phase
  • 12365 million years Planetary Nebula Phase
  • 12365 million years White Dwarf
  • Hundreds of billions of years Black Dwarf
  • Time unknown End of an Era Start of an Era
  • Glossary
  • Index.