- Title
- World Lexicon of Grammaticalization by Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva
- Creator
- Simango, Silvester R
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date Issued
- 2004
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/469311
- Identifier
- vital:77231
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.2989/16073610409486363
- Description
- The major goal of this book is to show that the processes which underlie grammatical evolution are not only regular cross-linguistically, but are also universal. The book consists of three chapters, three appendices and an extensive list of references. Conceived primarily as a reference source for those interested in the diachronic reconstruction of language, the authors describe over 400 grammaticalization processes drawing on data from about 500 languages. The overall organisation reflects the text’s primary purpose as a reference work: nearly three hundred pages (pp. 27–316) are devoted to the listing of the ‘source—target lexicon’ arranged in alphabetical order of the ‘source’ lexical items. The authors’ stated goal is to provide researchers with tools for explaining in a principled way ‘how and why different grammatical meanings can be related to one another’(p. 1). Although the book succeeds in showing which linguistic elements are sources and which are targets of various grammaticalization processes, it does not clearly provide the reader with the analytical tools with which to explain the link between ‘source ’and ‘target’ in a principled manner as the authors claim.
- Format
- 3 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Southern African linguistics and applied language studies
- Relation
- Simango, S.R., 2004. World Lexicon of Grammaticalization by Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 22(1-2), pp.43-62
- Relation
- Southern African linguistics and applied language studies volume 22 number 1-2 43 62 2004 1727-9461
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- Rights
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