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The grammaticalization path DEICTIC SPATIAL ADVERB > ADPOSITION
In addition to the grammaticalization of nouns and verbs into adpositions, which has been widely discussed in the grammaticalization literature, this paper identifies and describes a much less well known grammaticalization path, by which deictic spatial
Denis Creissels
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Could be, might be, maybe : Mechanisms of grammaticalization in synchronic use and perception
In grammaticalization, functional reanalysis and formal reduction are often regarded as elements of a unified diachronic process, though rooted in general communicative and cognitive preferences.
Lorenz, David +2 more
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Grammaticalization meets Construction Grammar
Grammaticalization research has increasingly highlighted the notion of constructions in the last decade. In the wake of this heightened interest, efforts have been made in grammaticalization research to more precisely articulate the largely ...
Joel Olofsson +8 more
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Polish in the light of grammaticalization theory
Polish in the light of grammaticalization theory The paper is concerned with grammaticalization, a type of language change whereby lexical items, in specifi contexts, come to serve grammatical functions, and grammatical items acquire new grammatical ...
Björn Hansen, Ana Drobnjaković
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Grammaticalization of spatial adpositions in Nànáfwê [PDF]
Bohoussou A, Skopeteas S. Grammaticalization of spatial adpositions in Nànáfwê. In: Verhoeven E, Skopeteas S, Shin Y-M, Nishina Y, Helmbrecht J, eds. Studies on Grammaticalization. Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]. Vol 205.
Verhoeven, Elisabeth +5 more
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Abstract This article presents the study of grammaticalization within the fields of language change and variation, and historical linguistics. Grammaticalization has to do with the diachronic relationship between the lexicon and grammar and with stages of relatively greater and lesser grammaticality.
D Gary Miller, Elly van Gelderen
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Grammaticalization Cases Through the Four Linguistic shifts
The present study aims at describing the grammaticalization phenomenon of some HA elements that, to the best of the author,s knowledge, have not been dealt with.
Mohammad Ali Al Zahrani
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Schematic Meanings of Prepositions “baraye” and “ta” and Their Secondary Grammaticalization [PDF]
The present paper is a semantic survey of prepositions "/barāyē/ and /tā/. The aim of study is to identify schematic meaning of the mentioned prepositions with a diachronic view in order to investigate semasiological changes of meaning as a result of ...
Sepideh Abdolkarimi, Sara Babaei Fallah
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Grammaticalization and grammar [PDF]
This paper is concerned with developing Joan Bybee's proposals regarding the nature of grammatical meaning and synthesizing them with Paul Hopper's concept of grammar as emergent. The basic question is this: How much of grammar may be modeled in terms of
Himmelmann, Nikolaus P.
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In this paper we examine qualitatively certain grammatical change phenomena undergone by English progressive constructions during their diachronic development.
Carlos van Arkel-Simón
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