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Nonspecific free relatives and (anti)grammaticalization in English and German
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Torsten Leuschner
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February 12, 2008
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1. Introduction
One of the most contentious issues in historical syntax at the moment is the problem of directionality, in particular its theoretical status in the debate over grammaticalization. Grammaticalization is often defined as leading from less to more grammatical (e.g. Hopper – Traugott 2003), hence it is not surprising that authors who seek to question the validity of grammaticalization as a framework for theorizing on language change often bring up counterexamples which they say violate alleged directionality constraints (see e.g. several papers in Campbell 2000).
Published Online: 2008-02-12
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