This is the second of two volumes deriving from papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual UWM linguistics Symposium held in Milwaukee in 1990. It focuses on the

This volume contains a selection of papers on grammaticalization from a broad perspective. Some of the papers focus on basic concepts in grammaticalization rese

This book presents a critical assessment of research on grammaticalization, a central element in the process by which grammars are created. Leading scholars dis

The study of grammaticalization raises a number of fundamental theoretical issues pertaining to the relation of langue and parole, creativity and automatic codi

Grammaticalization is an important concept in general and typological linguistics and a prominent type of explanation in historical linguistics. For historical