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Publication details [#52928]

Norde, Muriel. 2009. Degrammaticalization. OUP-USA. 256 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

grammaticalization | historical linguistics | language change

Annotation

This book argues that the presumed unidirectionality of grammaticalization is not a sound reconstructional mechanism of language change, even if degrammaticalization is a scarce phenomenon.