Pathways of change : grammaticalization in English /
There is a continual growth of interest among linguists of all-theoretical denominations in grammaticalization, a concept central to many linguistic (change) theories. However, the discussion of grammaticalization processes has often suffered from a shortage of concrete empirical studies from one of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2000.
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| ISBN: | 0585463301 9780585463308 9027298696 9789027298690 9789027230560 9027230560 9781556199394 1556199392 1282254693 9781282254695 9786612254697 6612254696 |
| ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- PATHWAYS OF CHANGE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; A lovely little example: Wordorder options andcategory shift in the premodifying string; The grammaticalization of the verb 'pray'; The grammaticalization of concessive markers in Early Modern English; Combining English auxiliaries; Grammaticalisation: Unidirectional, non-reversable? The case of to before the infinitive in English; Remarks on the de-grammaticalisation of infinitival to in present-day American English; The role of person and position in Old English.