Lexicalization and language change / Laurel Brinton, Elizabeth Closs Traugott.
"In this up-to-date survey, Laurel Brinton and Elizabeth Traugott examine the various conceptualizations of lexicalization that have been presented in the literature. In light of contemporary work on grammaticalization, they then propose a new, unified model of lexicalization and grammaticaliza...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Research surveys in linguistics.
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| Summary: | "In this up-to-date survey, Laurel Brinton and Elizabeth Traugott examine the various conceptualizations of lexicalization that have been presented in the literature. In light of contemporary work on grammaticalization, they then propose a new, unified model of lexicalization and grammaticalization. Their approach is illustrated with a variety of case studies from the history of English, including present participles, multi-word verbs, adverbs, and discourse markers, as well as some examples from other Indo-European languages. A first overview of the various approaches to lexicalization, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of historical linguistics and language change."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 207 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0521833108 (hardback) 0521540631 (pbk.) |