Degrammaticalization / Muriel Norde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norde, Muriel, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Grammaticalization is a well-attested process of linguistic change in which a lexical item becomes a function word, which may be further reduced to a clitic or affix. Proponents of the universality of grammaticalization have usually argued that it is unidirectional and have thus found it a useful tool in linguistic reconstruction. In this book Prof Norde shows that change is reversible on all levels: semantic, morphological, syntactic, and phonological. As a consequence, the allegedunidirectionality of grammaticalization is not a reliable reconstructional tool, even if degrammaticalization is

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; Abbreviations; List of Swedish sources referred to in the text; 1 Introduction; 2 Unidirectionality; 3 Defining degrammaticalization; 4 Degrammation; 5 Deinflectionalization; 6 Debonding; 7 Conclusions; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-33656-8

9786612336560

0-19-154893-6

OCLC:

488642550