Meaning Change in Grammaticalization : an Enquiry into Semantic Reanalysis.

This book explores the semantic and pragmatic mechanisms underlying grammaticalization. Regine Eckardt argues that language change frequently involves a structural reorganization at the phonological, morphological, and syntactic levels. Speakers not only master the structural aspect of such reanalys...

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Other Authors:	Eckardt, Regine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Scholarship Online 2006.
Subjects:	Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization. Semantics, Historical. Grammaticalisation. Sémantique historique. Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization Semantics, Historical Electronic books.
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