Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Parameters, functional heads and language change; 2 T elements; 3 C elements; 4 D elements; 5 Theoretical consequences; References; Index of languages; Index of names; Index of subjects
Summary
The phenomenon of grammaticalization - the historical process whereby new grammatical material is created - has attracted a great deal of attention within linguistics in recent years. However, until now no attempt has been made to provide a general account of this phenomenon in terms of a formal theory of syntax
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and indexes
