Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Why did I write this book? XI
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 Theoretical background 13
7. 3 Grammaticalization parameters quantified 40
8. 4 Data and methods 63
9. 5 Quantifying grammaticalization in synchrony 86
10. 6 Diachronic study 130
11. 7 Conclusions 182
12. References 197
13. Appendices
14. Appendix A Database 213
15. Appendix B Random samples for classification data (chapter 6) 223
16. Appendix C Additional figures (chapter 6) 239
17. Index 245