A Functional Discourse Grammar Theory of Grammaticalization

By Riccardo Giomi

The volume surveys over a hundred diachronic changes from typologically diverse languages and concludes that the definitional property of meaning change in grammaticalization is that it never results in a decrease in the semantic or pragmatic scope of the construction.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004520449
• ISBN13: 9789004520448
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"