World Lexicon of Grammaticalization

by Heiko Narrog, Bo Hong, Seongha Rhee, et al.

Book Overview

Extensively revised and updated, this second edition provides, in an A-Z format, an analysis of the most important generalizations that have been made on the unidirectional change of grammatical forms and constructions. Based on the analysis of more than 1,000 languages, it reconstructs over 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world, including East Asian languages such as Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Readers are provided with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316501760
• ISBN13: 9781316501764
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 646 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"