Meaning change in grammaticalization: an enquiry into semantic reanalysis
Auteur :
Eckardt, Regine
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199262601
Date de publication :
27 juil. 2006
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,2 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
606 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.