LINGUIST 741

Special Topic: Grammaticalisation

Please note: this is archived course information from 2012 for LINGUIST 741.

Description

Exploration of a number of topics: nature of grammaticalisation: the development of grammatical elements from lexical sources and the development of new grammatical functions from existing grammatical functions; recurrent grammaticalisation pathways: sources and targets; grammatical polysemies; directionality of change; is grammaticalisation a unique type of language change?

Availability 2012

Semester 2

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Associate Professor Frank Lichtenberk

Points

LINGUIST 741: 15 points