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Laurel J. Brinton (Author),
Elizabeth Closs Traugott (Author)
Lexicalization, a process of language change, has been conceived in a variety of ways. In this up-to-date survey, Laurel Brinton and Elizabeth Traugott examine the various ideas that have been presented. In light of contemporary work on grammaticalization, they then propose a new, unified model of lexicalization and grammaticalization. Their approach is illustrated with a variety of case studies from the history of English, including present participles, multi-word verbs, adverbs, and discourse markers, as well as some examples from other Indo-European languages.
Number of Pages: 220Dimensions: 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 INPublication Date: October 27, 2005
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