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Abbreviations and Symbols |
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Chapter One Grammaticalization theory |
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2 The history of grammaticalisation |
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2.1 From syntax to morphology---Givon |
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2.2.2 Heine and Rch's analysis |
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2.4 Traugott's pragmatic approach |
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3 Recent studies on grammaticalisation |
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4 The term grammaticatisation |
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5 Motivation for and mechanisms of grammaticalisation |
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5.1 Morphosyntactic changes |
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5.2 Pragmatic-semantic changes |
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5.2.1 Semantic content---a gain or loss? |
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5.2.2 Metaphorisation---metonymisation vs. analogy---reanalysis |
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6 Unidirectionality hypothesis and its criticism |
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7 Clines and paths of grammatical change |
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41 | (3) |
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8 Criticism of grammaticalisation |
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Chapter Two Semanticisation of HAVE |
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2 Earliest phonological development of HAVE |
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3 Desemanticisation of HAVE |
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3.1 Is there bread? It hasn't. Some cross-linguistic evidence |
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3.2 The rise of the HAD BETTER structure |
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Chapter Three Along the posscssion-to-obligation cline |
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2 Synchronic characteristics of HAVE TO |
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3 Traditional accounts of the development of HAVE TO |
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4 The rise of HAVE TO viewed as a syntactically driven change |
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5 Grammaticalisation of HAVE TO revised |
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5.1 The auxiliary status of HAVE TO in Old English |
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5.3 Word order of HAVE + to-infinitive |
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5.4 Pragmatic-semantic development of HAVE TO |
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Chapter Four Possessive Perfect |
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4.2 Traditional views on the rise of possessive perfect |
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4.3 The rise of `have'-perfect in English |
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4.3.1 Stages of the development |
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4.3.2 AGAN + past participle |
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4.3.3 BEON vs. HABBAN + past participle |
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4.4 Functions and status of HABBAN + PPP in Old English |
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4.4.1 Some differences between OE and PDE perfect |
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4.4.2 The level of grammaticalisation of HABBAN + PPP structure |
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4.4.3 Similarities between Old and Prescnt-Day English perfect |
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4.4.4 Carey's (1994), (1995) analyses |
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4.4.5 Perfect infinitive in Old English |
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204 | (3) |
Conclusions |
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Notes |
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Bibliography |
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Index of languages |
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261 | (2) |
Index of scholars |
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Index of subjects |
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