Abstract
Degrammaticalization has been characterized as a composite change involving gains in morphosyntactic autonomy or phonetic and/or semantic substance. Such a definition is suggestive of a change (or set of changes) which may profitably be explored from a construction grammar perspective. In this article, we consider two cases of degrammaticalization, using 'morpheme-based' and 'construction-based' parameters. We relate this to wider issues in grammaticalization research, for instance, the differences between accounts of grammaticalization which focus on reduction, and those which focus on expansion. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 32-46 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Language Sciences |
| Volume | 36 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar-2013 |
Keywords
- Degrammaticalization
- Parameters
- Construction grammar
- Constructionalization
- Grammaticalization
- GRAMMATICALIZATION
- LANGUAGE
- ENGLISH
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