World Lexicon of Grammaticalization

Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Grammatical concepts used in this work; 3. Source-target lexicon.

About the author

Tania Kuteva is a Full Professor of English Linguistics at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany and Professorial Research Associate of School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.Bernd Heine is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of African Studies and Egyptology, Universität zu Köln, Germany.Bo Hong is Professor in the School of Literature, Capital Normal University, Beijing.Haiping Long is a Professor of linguistics in the English Department, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.Heiko Narrog is Professor at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.Seongha Rhee is Professor of Linguistics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul.

Summary

For linguists and language teachers, as well as anthropologists, educationalists, psychologists and psycholinguists, this volume allows language experts to understand and explain why grammatical phenomena take the forms they do, and why certain linguistic structures are not restricted to English but can also be found in other languages.

Product details

• Authors: Bernd Heine, Bernd (Universitat Zu Koeln) Heine, Bernd (Universitat zu Koln) Heine, Bo Hong, Tania Kouteva, Tania (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseld Kouteva, Tania (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf) Kouteva, Tania Kuteva, Tania (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldo Kuteva, Tania (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf) Kuteva, Kuteva Tania, Haiping Long, Heiko Narrog, Heiko (Tohoku University Narrog, Narrog Heiko, Seongha Rhee
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781316501764
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50176-4
• No. of pages: 646
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