This paper discusses the pragmatic processes of semiosis involved in real speaker-hearer interaction in the process of an initial innovative form-function construal. This atomistic view of the locus of linguistic change suggests that more prominence needs to be given to motivations which are… read more
SUMMARY The paper discusses three instances of linguistic change from the history of English which seem to involve semantic similarity between linguistic categories in the pattern of internal evolution. One case concerns the generalization of a personal ending within the same person category across… read more