Meaning Change in Grammaticalization

Regine (University of Gottingen) Eckardt

Oxford University Press, 2006

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Explores the mechanisms underlying semantic change. Meaning changes work, and this is evident in processes of grammaticalization in which lexical items lose autonomous meaning. Based on formal semantic theory and with case studies, this book is useful for students of historical and comparative linguistics and formal semantics.

ISBN-13
9780199262601
ISBN-10
0199262608
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2006
Publication date
2006-07-27
Pages
298
Dimensions
242x162x23
Weight
606