Pathways of Change

Grammaticalization in English
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-272-3056-0
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 53, 391 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 630 g

Reihe: Studies in Language Companion Series

There is a continual growth of interest among linguists of all-theoretical denominations in grammaticalization, a concept central to many linguistic (change) theories. However, the discussion of grammaticalization processes has often suffered from a shortage of concrete empirical studies from one of the best-documented languages in the world, English. Pathways of Change contains discussion of new data and provides theoretical lead articles based on these data that will help sharpen the theoretical aspects involved, such as the definition and the logical connection of the component processes of grammaticalization. The volume is concentrated around a number of themes that are important or controversial in grammaticalization studies, such as the principle of unidirectionality, the relation between lexicalization and grammaticalization — and connected with these two factors the possibility of degrammaticalization — the way iconicity interweaves with grammaticalization processes, and with the phenomenon of grammaticalization on a synchronic or discourse level, also often termed subjectifization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fischer, Olga

Rosenbach, Anette

Stein, Dieter