Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. part I Basic questions
6. On some problem areas in grammaticalization studies 17
7. Issues in constructional approaches to grammaticalization in English 51
8. Reconsidering erosion in grammaticalization 73
9. Grammaticalization, subjectification and objectification 101
10. Degrammaticalization 123
11. Degrammaticalization and obsolescent morphology 151
12. part II Grammaticalization and the explanation of language change
13. An analogical approach to grammaticalization 181
14. Does grammaticalisation need analogy? 221
15. What grammaticalisation can reveal about same-subject control 241
16. How the Latin neuter pronominal forms became markers of non-individuation in Spanish 273
17. part III Case studies of micro-processes of grammaticalization
18. The Grammaticalization of the German adjectives lauter (and eitel ) 297
19. Is German gehören an auxiliary? 323
20. Micro-processes of grammaticalization 343
21. List of contributors 373
22. Index 375