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THE EVOLUTION OF GRAMMAR: TENSE, ASPECT, AND MODALITY IN By Joan Bybee & Revere

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ISBN-10: 0226086658

Book Title: The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the

ISBN: 9780226086651

Publication Name: Evolution of Grammar : Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World

Item Length: 9in

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Publication Year: 1994

Type: Textbook

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 1.1in

Author: Revere Perkins, Joan Bybee, William Pagliuca

Features: Reprint

Item Width: 6in

Item Weight: 19.3 Oz

Number of Pages: 420 Pages

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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

eBay Product ID (ePID)

63162

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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

Dimensions

Item Length

9in

Item Height

1.1in

Item Width

6in

Item Weight

19.3 Oz

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P299.G73b93 1994

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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

1994

Topic

Grammar & Punctuation, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General

Lccn

93-043517

Dewey Decimal

415

Intended Audience

Scholarly & Professional

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Illustrated

Yes

Genre

Language Arts & Disciplines

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