New Perspectives, Theories and Methods: Grammaticalization

© 2012 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston. In this chapter we thoroughly discuss the concept of grammaticalization, i.e. a type of language change in which lexical or less grammatical units take on a (more) grammatical status. To this end, we present an overview of the main developments in grammaticalization studies over the past few decades. In addition, we discuss how grammaticalization interacts with other linguistic frameworks/methodologies such as construction grammar and corpus linguistics. Finally, we also focus on a number of controversial issues, e.g. the concept of unidirectionality, and how grammaticalization studies can approach the emergence of discourse phenomena.

ISBN:9783110251609

Jaar van publicatie:2012