Grammaticalization at Work
Subtitle: Studies of Long-Term Developments in English (Topics in English Linguistics)
Contributors: Matti Rissanen (Editor); Merja Kyto (Editor); Kirsi Heikkonen (Editor)
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: August 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9783110156317
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Historical & comparative linguistics; Grammar, Historical; English Grammar; English Language History; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English; Language; Grammaticalization; Grammar; English language
First sentence: The articles of the present volume deal with the formation of adverbs and indefinite and reflexive pronouns, with particular focus on grammaticalization.