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Measurements of Grammaticalization - Developing a Quantitative Index for the Study of Grammatical Change (Hardcover)
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Measurements of Grammaticalization - Developing a Quantitative Index for the Study of Grammatical Change (Hardcover)
Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
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Grammaticalization has often been described as a gradual
phenomenon. While many studies have discussed the quantitative
aspects of grammaticalization, there has been little to no work
that has tried to propose a way of measuring degrees of
grammaticalization. This book addresses this gap by proposing a
corpus-based approach to the measurement of grammaticalization,
using binary logistic regression modelling. Such an approach has
theoretical benefits as it can provide empirical evidence for the
gradience and gradualness of grammaticalization. It can help
substantiate observations that have been done on the basis of case
studies so far, such as the hypothesized unidirectionality of
grammaticalization. In addition, as the methods proposed in this
book rely on corpus-based data only, it offers a way of comparing
grammaticalization across multiple languages, which is currently a
challenging endeavour. What this book hopes to achieve is to start
a discussion on the measurement of grammaticalization. To draw a
parallel, the field of morphological productivity has greatly
benefited from the discussions (and disputes) regarding how its
object of study should be measured, and I believe that so will the
field of grammaticalization.
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