The phenomenon of grammaticalization - the historical process
whereby new grammatical material is created - has attracted a great
deal of attention within linguistics. This is an attempt to provide
a general account of this phenomenon in terms of a formal theory of
syntax. Using Chomsky's Minimalist Program for linguistic theory,
Roberts and Roussou show how this approach gives rise to a number
of important conceptual and theoretical issues concerning the
nature of functional categories and the form of parameters, as well
as the relation of both of these to language change. Drawing on
examples from a wide range of languages, they construct a general
account of grammaticalization with implications for linguistic
theory and language acquisition.
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