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Other Authors: Helmbrecht, Johannes 1962- (Editor), Nishina, Yōko 1960- (Editor), Sin, Yong-min 1963- (Editor), Skopeteas, Stavros (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin [u.a.] Mouton de Gruyter 2008
Series:Trends in Linguistics Studies and monographs ; 205
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211764
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211764
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211764
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211764
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211764
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Grammaticalization theory has played a major role in the developments in language typology and functional linguistics during the last three decades. Grammaticalization phenomena show that grammars evolve in a continuous way following cross-linguistically established diachronic paths. The contributions in this book shed new light on some central issues in grammaticalization theory such as the (uni-)directionality debate, the relation between grammaticalization and constructions, and the concept of multiple grammaticalization. Evidence for grammaticalization in several domains of grammar is pres
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (X, 324 S.) graph. Darst.
ISBN:9783110205824
9783110211764
DOI:10.1515/9783110211764