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Record Nr.

UNINA9910166654503321

Autore

Nørgård-Sørensen Jens

Titolo

Connecting grammaticalisation [[electronic resource] /] / Jens Nørgård-Sørensen, Lars Heltoft, Lene Schøsler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-36002-0

9786613360021

90-272-8413-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

Studies in functional and structural linguistics (SFSL), , 0165-7712 ; ; v. 65

Altri autori (Persone)

HeltoftLars

SchøslerLene <1946->

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammaticalization

Structural linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Grammaticalisation and paradigmatic structure -- pt. 2. Case studies.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph presents a view on grammaticalisation radically different from standard views centering around the cline of grammaticality. Grammar is seen as a complex sign system, and, as a consequence, grammatical change always comprises semantic change. What unites morphology, topology (word order), constructional syntax and other grammatical subsystems is their paradigmatic organisation. The traditional concept of an inflexional paradigm is generalised as the structuring principle of grammar. Grammatical change involves paradigmatic restructuring, and in the process of grammatical change m