Lexicalization and Language Change Paperback (Research Surveys in Linguistics) - Softcover

Brinton, Laurel J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521540631 ISBN 13: 9780521540636

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

In this up-to-date survey, Laurel Brinton and Elizabeth Traugott examine the various approaches to lexicalization, a process of language change whereby concepts are adopted into the lexicon. Drawing on a number of case studies from the history of English, they then propose a new, unified model of lexicalization and grammaticalization.

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'... very clearly structured. ... Brinton and Traugott's book represents a major contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the relationship between grammaticalization and lexicalization, and their role in language change. It not only provides a complete survey of previous approaches in a systematic way but also offers a new integrated model that is applied to some of the most controversial instances of linguistic change in the history of English, with a perspective on comparable changes cross-linguistically. The extensive list of references is an invaluable source of information about the wide variety of studies within this field of language change. The book is marked by an admirable clarity and vividness and will thus be extremely useful not only for experts in the field, but also for students trying to find an orientation in matters of language change.' Folia Linguistica

'... an effective reference not only for those interested in lexicalization considered diachronically, but also for studies on word-formation or idiomaticity ... highly recommendable ... will probably be often quoted in the future as a valid summary of what lexicalization means in modern linguistics.' Canadian Journal of Linguistics

'As the fourth book in a new series by Cambridge University Press called Research Surveys in Linguistics, Lexicalization and Language Change by Laurel J. Brinton and Elizabeth Closs Traugott promises an up-to-date survey of literature on lexicalization. But the book is much more than that. Not only does it discuss relevant previous and current work, present case studies and give directions for further research, but it even provides us with the authors' unified model of lexicalization and grammaticalization. ... An extensive bibliography and two indices (of subjects and of words and forms) round off the book, which is an important contribution to the field of lexicalization and grammaticalization studies.' Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen

Biografía del autor:

Laurel J. Brinton is Professor in the Department of English, University of British Columbia.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521540631
• ISBN 13: 9780521540636
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220