Grammatization (Second Edition)

Author: (American) Hopper P.J
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: "This book concisely introduces the basic concepts of grammaticalization theory, specialized terminology, and academic achievements. Compared to previous similar works, this book connects grammaticalization theory with other applicable models in current linguistics, provides a more detailed summary of the current state of grammaticalization research, and describes the prospects of a new academic discourse, offering students a very timely and useful reference book." — Dr. Bernard Heine, Professor at the University of Cologne
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the concept of grammaticalization. During the process of grammaticalization, lexical terms and structures that have grammatical functions in a certain linguistic context continue to develop new grammatical functions once they themselves undergo grammaticalization. Therefore, nouns and verbs change over time to serve different grammatical functions, such as case markers, sentence connectors, and auxiliaries. The author explores multiple linguistic fields, including historical linguistics, discourse analysis, and pragmatics, using data from various languages such as Ewe, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hittite, Japanese, Malay, and English, with a particular focus on English. This is the second edition, thoroughly revised based on new theories and methods that have emerged over the past decade, and includes a detailed bibliography. The book also focuses on different views in academia today regarding the direction of grammaticalization during language mixing and the role of grammaticalization. For all linguists interested in the open development of grammaticalization, Grammaticalization is an extremely valuable and thought-provoking textbook. The book's deep insights into the interaction of language, structure, and usage will also interest readers interested in anthropological and psychological research.