LINGUIST List 14.2147

Wed Aug 13 2003

Books: Historical Ling: Hooper, Cross Traugott

Editor for this issue: Marisa Ferrara <marisalinguistlist.org>

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1. jreid, Grammaticalization: Hooper, Cross Traugott

Title: Grammaticalization
Subtitle: Second Edition
Series Title: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 
 http://www.cup.org		 
			
Author: Paul J. Hooper, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,PA
Author: Elizabeth Cross Traugott, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Hardback: ISBN: 0521009480, Pages: 296, Price: $70.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0521804213, Pages: 296, Price: $27.00
			
Abstract:

"The book is a lucid and highly readable discussion of
grammaticalization...an excellent treatment of a central aspect of
language."-Language

Grammaticalization refers to the change whereby lexical terms and
constructions serve grammatical functions in certain linguistic
contexts and, once grammaticalized, continue to develop new
grammatical functions. Paul Hopper and Elizabeth Traugott synthesize
research from several areas of linguistics in this revised
introduction to the subject. The book includes substantial updates on
theoretical and methodological issues that have arisen in the decade
since the first edition, as well as a significantly expanded
bibliography. Particular attention is paid to recent debates over
directionality in change and the role of grammaticalization in
creolization.

Contents:
Preface to the second edition and acknowledgements; List of
abbreviations; 1. Some preliminaries; 2. The history of
grammaticalization; 3. Reanalysis; 4. Pragmatic factor; 5. The
hypothesis of unidirectionality; 6. Clause-internal morphological
changes; 7. Grammaticalization across clauses; 8. Grammaticalization
in situations of extreme language contact; 9. Summary and suggestions
for further work; References; Index of names; Index of languages;
General index.

Lingfield(s): Historical Linguistics
		Linguistic Theories
			 
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)


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