32.2563, Books: Grammaticalization: Narrog, Heine

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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:23:13
From: Tyler Simnick [Tyler.Simnick at oup.com]
Subject: Grammaticalization: Narrog, Heine

 


Title: Grammaticalization 
Series Title: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/grammaticalization-9780198747857?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: Heiko Narrog
Author: Bernd Heine

Hardback: ISBN:  9780198747857 Pages: 432 Price: U.S. $ 115
Paperback: ISBN:  9780198748540 Pages: 432 Price: U.S. $ 40


Abstract:

This textbook introduces and explains the fundamental issues, major research
questions, and current approaches in the study of grammaticalization - the
development of new grammatical forms from lexical items, and of further
grammatical functions from existing grammatical forms. Grammaticalization has
been a vibrant research field in recent years, and has proven effective in
explaining a wide range of phenomena; it has even been claimed that the only
true language universals are diachronic, and are related to cross-linguistic
processes of grammaticalization.

The chapters provide a detailed account of the major issues in the field:
foundational questions such as directionality, criteria and parameters of
grammaticalization, and phases and cycles; the much-debated issue of the
motivations behind grammaticalization, including the role of language contact
and typological influences; the advantages and disadvantages of different
theoretical approaches; and the relationship between grammaticalization and
process such as lexicalization, exaptation, and the development of discourse
markers. Each chapter offers guidance on further reading, and concludes with
study questions to encourage further discussion; there is also a glossary of
key terminology in the field. Thanks to its comprehensive approach, the volume
will serve as both a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students and a
valuable reference work for researchers in the field.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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