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Lexicalization and Language Change (Research Surveys in Linguistics)

By Laurel J. Brinton , Elizabeth Closs Traugott

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
0521833108, 9780521833103, 9780511132759
LCC
P142 .B738 2005
Open Library ID
OL20023156M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3280790 bytes)
Pages
220\221
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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