Grammaticalization (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)

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pp. 256, “This is the first general introduction to grammaticalization, the processes whereby ordinary lexical items, such as nouns and verbs, change over time into grammatical elements such as case markers, sentence connectives and auxiliaries, and whereby grammatical elements in general come into being and decay. 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, Japanese, Malay, and especially English.” paperback edition

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ISBN 0521366844
ISBN13 9780521366847
Number of pages 256
Original Title Grammaticalization (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)
Published Date 1993
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Ppbk
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Cambridge
Edition First edition
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pp. 256, “This is the first general introduction to grammaticalization, the processes whereby ordinary lexical items, such as nouns and verbs, change over time into grammatical elements such as case markers, sentence connectives and auxiliaries, and whereby grammatical elements in general come into being and decay. 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, Japanese, Malay, and especially English.” paperback edition

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Weight 1 kg