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Title What makes grammaticalization? : a look from its fringes and its components / edited by Walter Bisang, Nikolaus P. Himmelmann, Björn Wiemer
Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 354 pages) : illustrations
Series Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 158
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 158.
Contents Frontmatter; Contents; What makes grammaticalization? An appraisal of its components and its frings; Lexicalisation and grammaticalization: Opposite or orthogonal?; Exploring grammaticalization from below; Grammaticalization v. pragmaticaliuation? The development of pragmatic markers in German and Italian; Grammaticalization without coevolution of form and meaning: The case of tense-aspect in East and mainland Southeast Asia; The rise of an indefinite article: The case of Macedonian eden; Grammaticalization via extending derivation
Summary The status of grammaticalization has been the subject of many controversial discussions. The contributions to What makes Grammaticalization? approach the prevalent phenomenon from the angle of language structure and focus on the interrelation between the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization
Form Electronic book
Author Bisang, Walter
Himmelmann, Nikolaus, 1959-
Wiemer, Björn, 1966-
LC no. 2004022671
ISBN 3110197448
9783110197440
9783110181524
3110181525