Lexicalization and Language Change

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Lexicalization, a process of language change, has been conceptualized in a variety of ways. Broadly defined as the adoption of concepts into the lexicon, it has been viewed by syntacticians as the reverse process of grammaticalization, by morphologists as a routine process of word-formation, and by semanticists as the development of concrete meanings. In this up-to-date survey, Laurel Brinton and Elizabeth Traugott examine the various conceptualizations of lexicalization that have been presented in the literature. In light of contemporary work on grammaticalization, they then propose a new, unified model of lexicalization and grammaticalization. Their approach is illustrated with a variety of case studies from the history of English, including present participles, multi-word verbs, adverbs, and discourse markers, as well as some examples from other Indo-European languages. The first review of the various approaches to lexicalization, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of historical linguistics and language change.

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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

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List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xi
Theoretical contexts for the study of lexicalization and grammaticalization	p. 1
Purpose of the present study	p. 1
Debates concerning grammar and language change	p. 2
Concepts of the lexicon	p. 9
Lexicalization	p. 18
Grammaticalization	p. 22
Conclusion	p. 31
Lexicalization: definitions and viewpoints	p. 32
Introduction	p. 32
Ordinary processes of word formation	p. 33
Institutionalization	p. 45
Lexicalization as fusion	p. 47
Lexicalization as increase in autonomy	p. 57
Conclusion	p. 60
Views on the relation of lexicalization to grammaticalization	p. 62
Introduction	p. 62
Some examples of fusion and coalescence treated as either lexicalization or grammaticalization	p. 63
Similarities between lexicalization and grammaticalization	p. 68
Differences between lexicalization and grammaticalization	p. 76
Status of derivation	p. 86
Conclusion	p. 87
Toward an integrated approach to lexicalization and grammaticalization	p. 89
Introduction	p. 89
Basic assumptions	p. 91
Definitions revisited	p. 95
"Reversals" of lexicalization and grammaticalization	p. 102
Degrees of parallelism between lexicalization and grammaticalization	p. 104
Conclusion	p. 109
Case studies	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Present participles	p. 111
Multi-word verbs	p. 122
Composite predicates	p. 130
Adverbs formed with -ly	p. 132
Discourse markers	p. 136
Conclusion and research questions	p. 141
Introduction	p. 141
Summary	p. 141
Research questions	p. 147
References	p. 161
Index of names	p. 185
Index of subjects	p. 189
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