| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in corpus linguistics, 1388-0373 ; v. 13 |
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Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 13. 1388-0373
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| Contents |
Three perspectives on grammaticalization : lexico-grammar, corpora and historical sociolinguistics / Terttu Nevalainen -- Have to, gotta, must : grammaticalisation, variation and specialization in English deontic modality / Sali Tagliamonte -- The semantic path from modality to aspect : be able to in a cross-linguistic perspective / Karin Aijmer -- The passival and the progressive passive : a case study of layering in the English aspect and voice systems / Marianne Hundt -- Corpus linguistics and grammaticalisation theory : statistics, frequencies, and beyond / Christian Mair -- Grammaticalisation from side to side : on the development of beside(s) / Matti Rissanen -- Are low-frequency complex prepositions grammaticalized? : on the limits of corpus data, and the importance of intuition / Sebastian Hoffmann -- Life after degrammaticalisation : plural be / Laura Wright -- Subject clitics in English : a case of degrammaticalization? / Laurel J. Brinton |
| Summary |
Grammaticalization is an important concept in general and typological linguistics and a prominent type of explanation in historical linguistics. For historical corpus linguists, grammaticalization theory provides a frame of orientation in their effort to analyze and systematize a fast-accumulating mass of data. Students of grammaticalization have become increasingly aware of the potential of existing corpora and established corpus-linguistic methodology for their work. This book continues and develops the dialogue between the two fields. All the contributions are based on extensive use of vari |
| Notes |
"Contains revised versions of five out of six papers presented at the international symposium ... organized by Hans Lindquist at Växjö University, Sweden, in 20-22 April 2001"--Preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Discourse analysis.
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English language -- Grammaticalization.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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English language -- Discourse analysis
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English language -- Grammaticalization
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Grammaticalisering.
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Engels.
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Corpuslinguïstiek.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lindquist, Hans
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Mair, Christian
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| ISBN |
1423766350 |
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9781423766353 |
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9027295484 |
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9789027295484 |
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