This volume explores the way in which grammaticalization processes converge and differ across languages and language areas. Chapters systemically explore these

Based on comparative analyses of diachronic data, the articles in this volume address both theoretical and methodological issues in the study of grammaticalizat

The study of grammaticalization raises a number of fundamental theoretical issues pertaining to the relation of langue and parole, creativity and automatic codi

This book is based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the need for a theory to explain them. Croft proposes intimate links betwee

This volume contains a selection of papers on grammaticalization from a broad perspective. Some of the papers focus on basic concepts in grammaticalization rese