What's Wrong with Grammaticalization?

Assesses the nature and value of grammaticalization. Attempts to show that grammaticalization is derivative, that it has no status of its own but relies on other processes and mechanisms of linguistic change that exist independently of grammaticalization but that provide the explanations for the phe...

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Published in:Language sciences (Oxford) 2001, Vol.23 (2-3), p.113-161
Main Author: Campbell, Lyle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diachronic Linguistics
Grammar
Language Change
Morphemes
Second Language Instruction
Second Language Learning
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Summary:Assesses the nature and value of grammaticalization. Attempts to show that grammaticalization is derivative, that it has no status of its own but relies on other processes and mechanisms of linguistic change that exist independently of grammaticalization but that provide the explanations for the phenomena involved in grammaticalization. (Author/VWL)
ISSN:0388-0001