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Title Rethinking grammaticalization : new perspectives / edited by Maria Jose Lopez-Couso and Elena Seoane
Published Amsterdam : John Benjamins, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 355 pages)
Series Typological studies in language ; 76
Typological studies in language ; 76
Contents Rethinking Grammaticalization; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Address list; Preface; Introduction: New perspectives on grammaticalization; 1. Grammaticalization and the areal factor: The perspective of East and mainland Southeast Asian languages; 2. On the grammaticalization of 'come' and 'go' into markers of textual connectivity; 3. Grammaticalization, typology and semantics: Expanding the agenda; 4. Mismatch: Grammar distortion and grammaticalization; 5. Areal convergence in grammaticalization processes
Summary This volume and its companion one Theoretical and empirical issues in grammaticalization offer a selection of papers from the Third International Conference New Reflections on Grammaticalization, held in Santiago de Compostela in July 2005. From the rich programme of the conference (over 120 papers), the twelve contributions included in this volume were carefully selected to reflect the state of current research in grammaticalization and suggest possible directions for future investigations in the field. Combining theoretical discussions with the analysis of particular test cases from a wide r
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization
Form Electronic book
Author Lopez-Couso, Maria Jose
Seoane, Elena.
LC no. 2008009379
ISBN 9789027229885
9027229880
9789027290229
9027290229
128210554X
9781282105546
9786612105548
6612105542