Studies on grammaticalization /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Verhoeven, Elisabeth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, [2008]
Series:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 205.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Unidirectionality of grammaticalization in an evolutionary perspective / Elena Maslova
  • Grammaticalization and set of form-function pairs : encoding spatial concepts in Greek / Stavros Skopeteas
  • Grammaticalization of Korean numeral classifiers / Myung-Chul Koo
  • Grammaticalization of spatial adpositions in Nànáfwê / Amani Bohoussou and Stavros Skopeteas
  • On the grammaticalization of the German preposition von as a genitive equivalent / John Ole Askedal
  • The grammaticalization of agreement in Chibchan / J. Diego Quesada
  • Decay and loss of applicatives in Siouan languages : a grammaticalization perspective / Johannes Helmbrecht
  • Reciprocals in the making : multiple grammaticalization in Manambu / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
  • The Maltese continuative : a grammaticalization borderliner / Thomas Stolz and Andreas Ammann
  • What do "do" verbs do? : the semantic diversity of generalized action verbs / Eva Schultze-Berndt
  • Predicting a future change : relative clauses of Japanese / Tasaku Tsunoda
  • The catalytic function of constructional restrictions in grammaticalization / Gabrielle Diewald
  • Grammaticalization of periphrastic constructions / Ilse Wischer
  • Grammaticalization in constructions : clitic doubling with experiencers in Modern Greek / Elisabeth Verhoeven
  • Grammaticalization of honorific constructions in Japanese / Yoko Nishina
  • From cause to contrast : a study in semantic change / Anna Giacalone Ramat and Caterian Mauri.