An Enquiry into the Nature of Grammaticalization
Kuteva, Tania
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Hardcover
220 pages
Published: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0198299745
Probes the nature of grammaticalization by studying the process of auxiliation - the development of constructions into markers of tense, aspect and modality. This book uncovers new linguistic facts and offers a fresh perspective on how grammaticalization