Measurements of Grammaticalization: Developing a Quantitative Index for the Study of Grammatical Change 9783110753073, 9783110752946

Grammaticalization has often been described as a gradual phenomenon. While many studies have discussed the quantitative

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Measurements of Grammaticalization: Developing a Quantitative Index for the Study of Grammatical Change
9783110753073, 9783110752946

Verbs denoting 'to give' have developed grammatical meanings in many languages of the world. The present study

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In this book, Professor Dobson has laid the foundations for a systematic and scientific study of the grammar of Classica

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The newly-emerging field of theoretically informed but simultaneously empirically based syntax is dynamic but little-rep

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The concept of taʿlīl occupies a central position in the Arabic intellectual tradition. In grammar it covers a host of a

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Previous scholarship on Arabic prepositions typically has presented these as a static closed class of words. Inevitably,

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