In:Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English
Edited by Olga Fischer, Anette Rosenbach and Dieter Stein
[Studies in Language Companion Series 53] 2000
► pp. ix–x
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Published online: 13 November 2000
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.53.toc
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Table of contents
Contributors
Preface
Introduction
A lovely little example: Word order options and category 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
Remarks on (uni)directionality
Soþlice and witodlice: Discourse markers in Old English
Onginnan/beginnan with bare and to-infinitive in Ælfric
Some suggestions for explaining the origin and development of the definite article in English
Parallelism vs. asymmetry: The case of English counterfactual conditionals
The grammaticalization of the present perfect in English: Tracks of change and continuity in a linguistic enclave
Grammaticalization versus lexicalization: ‘Methinks’ there is some confusion
Name index
Subject index
