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     Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:45:57 -0400 (EDT)
    From: paul <paulbenjamins.com>
    Subject: Corpus Approaches to Grammaticalization in English: Lindquist, Mair (Eds)




    Title: Corpus Approaches to Grammaticalization in English Series Title: Studies in Corpus Linguistics 13

    Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ http://www.benjamins.nl/

    Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SCL%2013

    Editor: Hans Lindquist, V�xj� University Editor: Christian Mair, Albert-Ludwigs-Universit�t Freiburg

    Hardback: ISBN: 9027222843, Pages: xiv, 265 pp., Price: EURO 95.00

    Abstract:

    Grammaticalization is an important concept in general and typological linguistics and a prominent type of explanation in historical linguistics. For historical corpus linguists, grammaticalization theory provides a frame of orientation in their effort to analyze and systematize a fast-accumulating mass of data. Students of grammaticalization have become increasingly aware of the potential of existing corpora and established corpus-linguistic methodology for their work. This book continues and develops the dialogue between the two fields. All the contributions are based on extensive use of various electronic corpora. Relating corpus practices to recent theoretical concerns of grammaticalization studies they deal with grammaticalization and historical sociolinguistics, lexicalization and grammaticalization, layering, frequency, grammaticalization and dialects, degrammaticalization and grammaticalization in a contrastive perspective. The papers show that a synthesis of corpus methodology and grammaticalization studies leads to new and interesting insights about the mechanisms of language change and the communicative functions of language.

    Table of contents

    Preface vii

    Introduction Hans Lindquist and Christian Mair ix--xiv

    Three perspectives on grammaticalization: Lexico-grammar, corpora and historical sociolinguistics Terttu Nevalainen 1--31

    Have to, gotta, must? Grammaticalisation, variation and specialization in English deontic modality Sali A. Tagliamonte 33--55

    The semantic path from modality to aspect: be able to in a cross-linguistic perspective Karin Aijmer 57--78

    The passival and the progressive passive: A case study of layering in the English aspect and voice systems Marianne Hundt 79--120

    Corpus linguistics and grammaticalisation theory: Statistics, frequencies, and beyond Christian Mair 121--150

    Grammaticalisation from side to side: On the development of beside(s) Matti Rissanen 151--170

    Are low-frequency complex prepositions grammaticalized? On the limits of corpus data -- and the importance of intuition Sebastian Hoffmann 171--210

    Life after degrammaticalisation: Plural be Laura Wright 211--226

    Subject clitics in English: A case of degrammaticalization?* Laurel J. Brinton 227--256

    Name index 257 Subject index 259

    Lingfield(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics Subject Language(s): English (Language code: ENG) Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

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