an enquiry into the nature of grammaticalization /
Tania Kuteva.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
viii, 209 p. ;
24 cm.
[Oxford linguistics]
Series statement on jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-200) and indexes.
1. Introduction and Historical Overview -- 2. The Conceptual-Semantic Aspect of Auxiliation -- 3. On 'Functional Need' Explanations in Auxiliation: 'sit'/'stand'/'lie'-Auxiliation -- 4. Identifying a Gram in Auxiliation across Languages -- 5. Auxiliation in Discourse Context -- 6. From Everyday Linguistic Communication to Grammaticalization -- 7. Conclusions.
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Probing the nature of grammaticalisation on the basis of an in-depth study of the process of auxiliation, this book brings together the explanatory potential of recent grammaticalisation theory and insights from the latest psychological studies.
Auxiliation.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Auxiliaries.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Grammaticalization.