Auxiliation: An Enquiry into the Nature of Grammaticalization [Paperback]

Bringing together the explanatory potential of recent grammaticalization theory, and the insights from the latest studies of the process of auxiliation and the psychology of language use, this book represents a valuable achievement in the investigation of grammatical language change and linguistic communication in general.

List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction and Historical Overview
2. The Conceptual-Semantic Aspect of Auxiliation
3. On 'Functional Need' Explanations in Auxiliation:'sit'/'stand'/'lie'-Auxiliation
4. Identifying a Gram in Auxiliation across Languages
5. Auxiliation in Discourse Context
6. From Everyday Linguistic Communication to Grammaticalization
7. Conclusions
References
Subject Index
Name Index