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Grammaticalization

Paul J Hopper author Elizabeth Closs Traugott author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:31st Jul '03

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A thoroughly revised and updated 2003 edition of this general introduction to grammaticalization.

The 2003 second edition of this general introduction to grammaticalization has been thoroughly revised with substantial updates on theoretical and methodological issues, and includes a significantly expanded bibliography. Particular attention is paid to recent debates over directionality in change and the role of grammaticalization in creolization.This is a general introduction to grammaticalization, the change whereby lexical terms and constructions come in certain linguistic contexts to serve grammatical functions, and, once grammaticalized, continue to develop new grammatical functions. The authors synthesize work from several areas of linguistics, including historical linguistics, discourse analysis, and pragmatics. Data are drawn from many languages including Ewe, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hittite, Japanese, Malay, and especially English. This 2003 second edition has been thoroughly revised with substantial updates on theoretical and methodological issues that have arisen in the decade since the first edition, and includes a significantly expanded bibliography. Particular attention is paid to recent debates over directionality in change and the role of grammaticalization in creolization. Grammaticalization will be a valuable and stimulating textbook for all linguists interested in the development of grammatical forms and will also be of interest to readers in anthropology and psychology.

"The book is a lucid and highly readable discussion of grammaticalization...an excellent treatment of a central aspect of language." Language

ISBN: 9780521804219

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm

Weight: 430g

300 pages

2nd Revised edition