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LEXICALIZATION AND LANGUAGE CHANGE
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| By: |
Laurel J. Brinton, Elizabeth Closs Traugott |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521540631 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521540636 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
27 October, 2005 |
| Series: |
Research Surveys in Linguistics |
| Pages: |
220 |
| Description: |
Examines the ways in which lexicalization, a process of language change, has been presented in the literature. |
| Synopsis: |
Lexicalization, a process of language change, has been conceptualized in a variety of ways. Broadly defined as the adoption of concepts into the lexicon, it has been viewed by syntacticians as the reverse process of grammaticalization, by morphologists as a routine process of word-formation, and by semanticists as the development of concrete meanings. 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. The first review of the various approaches to lexicalization, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of historical linguistics and language change. |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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