33.233, Books: Measurements of Grammaticalization: Correia Saavedra

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 17:07:15
From: Birgit Sievert [Birgit.Sievert at degruyter.com]
Subject: Measurements of Grammaticalization: Correia Saavedra

 


Title: Measurements of Grammaticalization 
Subtitle: Developing a Quantitative Index for the Study of Grammatical Change 
Series Title: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110753073/html 


Author: David Correia Saavedra

Electronic: ISBN:  9783110753073 Pages: 258 Price: U.S. $ 114.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9783110752946 Pages: 258 Price: U.S. $ 114.99


Abstract:

Grammaticalization has often been described as a gradual phenomenon. While
many studies have discussed the quantitative aspects of grammaticalization,
there has been little to no work that has tried to propose a way of measuring
degrees of grammaticalization. This book addresses this gap by proposing a
corpus-based approach to the measurement of grammaticalization, using binary
logistic regression modelling.

Such an approach has theoretical benefits as it can provide empirical evidence
for the gradience and gradualness of grammaticalization. It can help
substantiate observations that have been done on the basis of case studies so
far, such as the hypothesized unidirectionality of grammaticalization. In
addition, as the methods proposed in this book rely on corpus-based data only,
it offers a way of comparing grammaticalization across multiple languages,
which is currently a challenging endeavour.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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