Chapter 8
Internal and external motivations of change
Article outline
- 8.1Testing the formal leveling hypothesis
- 8.1.1The hypothesis explained
- 8.1.2Corpus evidence
- 8.2Comparison with the present perfect and the preterite in Spanish
- 8.2.1Diachronic overview
- 8.2.2The grammaticalization paths of the present perfect and the preterite
- 8.2.2.1Argentinian Spanish
- 8.2.2.2American English
- 8.2.3The role of language and dialect contact
- 8.2.3.1Argentina
- 8.2.3.2The United States
- 8.3Chapter summary
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Notes