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This collective volume focuses on the latest developments in the study of grammaticalization and related processes of change such as degrammaticalization, const

In the study of word formation, the focus has often been on generating the form. In this book, the semantic aspect of the formation of new words is central. It

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

The status of grammaticalization has been the subject of many controversial discussions. The contributions to What makes Grammaticalization? approach the preval