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Grammaticalization – Theory and Data
Since the 1980s theories and studies of grammaticalization have provided a major source of inspiration for the description and explanation of language change, giving rise to many publications and conferences. This collection presents original, empirical studies that explore various facets of grammaticalization research of both formal and functional orientation. The papers of this selection deal with general issues and specific empirical domains, such as personal pronouns; indefinite pronouns; final particles; tense and aspect markers; comitative markers and coordinating conjunctions. The languages covered include English, German, dialects of Italian, Japanese, Polish, and Walman (Papuan). The book will be of great interest to linguists working on language change in a wide variety of languages.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 162] 2014. viii, 293 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 5 September 2014
Published online on 5 September 2014
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements | pp. vii–viii
- IntroductionSylvie Hancil and Ekkehard König | pp. 1–10
- Part 1. General issues
- Acquisition Based and Usage Based Explanations of Grammaticalisation. An Integrative ApproachPeter Öhl | pp. 13–40
- Grammaticalization and ExplanationIrene Appelbaum | pp. 41–52
- The perfectivization of the English perfect: is it a case of grammaticalization, after all? The challenge of pluricentralityJim Walker | pp. 53–66
- Explaining language structure: On categorial misbehavior in Walman (Papua New Guinea)Bernd Heine | pp. 67–86
- Toward a constructional framework for research on language changeElizabeth Closs Traugott | pp. 87–106
- Part 2. Case studies
- Grammaticalization of Polish mental predicate prefixesIwona Kokorniak and Malgorzata Fabiszak | pp. 109–128
- More Thoughts on the Grammaticalization of Personal Pronouns: Evidence from the history of JapaneseReijirou Shibasaki | pp. 129–156
- The grammaticalization of nomə in the Eastern Abruzzese dialect Ortese: Fromindefinite pronoun to inflectional marker?Cinzia Russi | pp. 157–180
- The different developments of progressive aspect markers be in the middle/midst of and be in the process of V-ing: mechanisms of changeTine Van Rompae and Kristin Davidse | pp. 181–202
- Sequentiality in dialogue as a trigger for grammaticalizationAlexander Haselow | pp. 203–234
- The final particle but in British English: an instance of cooptation and grammaticalization at workSylvie Hancil | pp. 235–256
- “Final hanging but” in American English: Where a formal coordinator meets a functional subordinatorMitsuko Narita Izutsu and Katsunobu Izutsu | pp. 257–286
- Author index | pp. 287–288
- Subject index | pp. 289–293
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