Article published In: Studies in Language
Vol. 27:3 (2003) ► pp.529–572
On contact-induced grammaticalization
Published online: 27 November 2003
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.27.3.04hei
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.27.3.04hei
Grammaticalization is based on universal strategies of conceptual transfer. Contact-induced language change on the other hand is an areally confined process resulting from specific historical events. What this suggests is that the two constitute quite divergent phenomena and, in fact, in the relevant literature they tend to be described as mutually exclusive processes. Accordingly, this literature abounds with discussions on whether some specific grammatical change is due to the former or the latter. The position taken in this paper is that the two are in no way mutually exclusive; rather, perhaps more often than not, they jointly conspire in triggering grammatical change.
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