Meaning change in grammaticalization an enquiry into semantic reanalysis
The author explores the mechanisms underlying semantic change. Meaning changes work, and this is evident in processes of grammaticalisation in which lexical items lose autonomous meaning. Based on formal semantic theory, this book is useful for students of historical and comparative linguistics and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2006, 2006
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The author explores the mechanisms underlying semantic change. Meaning changes work, and this is evident in processes of grammaticalisation in which lexical items lose autonomous meaning. Based on formal semantic theory, this book is useful for students of historical and comparative linguistics and formal semantics |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 288 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191718939 |