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The authors demonstrate that the semantic content of these categories evolves gradually and that this process of evolution is strikingly similar across unrelated languages.

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Joan Bybee and her colleagues present a new theory of the evolution of grammar that links structure and meaning in a way that directly challenges most contemporary versions of generative grammar. This study focuses on the use and meaning of grammatical markers of tense, aspect, and modality and identifies a universal set of grammatical categories. The authors demonstrate that the semantic content of these categories evolves gradually and that this process of evolution is strikingly similar across unrelated languages. Through a survey of seventy-six languages in twenty-five different phyla, the authors show that the same paths of change occur universally and that movement along these paths is in one direction only. This analysis reveals that lexical substance evolves into grammatical substance through various mechanisms of change, such as metaphorical extension and the conventionalization of implicature. Grammaticization is always accompanied by an increase in frequency of the grammatical marker, providing clear evidence that language use is a major factor in the evolution of synchronic language states. The Evolution of Grammar has important implications for the development of language and for the study of cognitive processes in general.

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University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226086658
ISBN-13
9780226086651
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Author
Revere Perkins, Joan Bybee, William Pagliuca
Publication Name
Evolution of Grammar : Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
420 Pages

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9in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
19.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
P299.G73b93 1994
Edition Description
Reprint
Table of Content
Figures and Tables Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Theoretical Background 2. Method Used in the Study 3. Anterior, Perfective, and Related Senses 4. A Quantitative Approach to Grammaticization 5. Progressive, Imperfective, Present, and Related Senses 6. Mood and Modality 7. Future 8. Mechanisms of Semantic Change Appendix A: Gramcats Sampling Procedure Appendix B: Meaning Labels Appendix C: Sources of Language Data Bibliography for Gramcats Sample References Author Index Languages Index Subject Index
Copyright Date
1994
Topic
Grammar & Punctuation, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General
Lccn
93-043517
Dewey Decimal
415
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines

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