The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization Oxford Handbooks Series

This book presents the state of the art in research on grammaticalization, the process by which lexical items acquire grammatical function, grammatical items get additional functions, and grammars are created. Leading scholars from around the world introduce and discuss the core theoretical and methodological bases of grammaticalization, report on work in the field, and point to promising directions for new research. They represent every relevant theoretical perspective and approach. Research on grammaticalization and its role in linguistic change encompasses work on languages from every major linguistic family. Its results offer valuable insights for all theoretical frameworks, including generative, construction, and cognitive grammar, and relates to work in fields such as phonology, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition. The handbook provides a full, critical assessment of every aspect of this research. It is divided into five parts, of which the first two are devoted to theory and method, the third and fourth to work in linguistic domains, classes, and cateogories, and the fifth to case studies of grammaticalization in a range of languages. It will be an indispensable source of information and inspiration for all those who wish to know more about this fascinating and important field.

1. Introduction. Part I: Grammaticalization and Linguistic Theory. 2. Grammaticalization and Mechanisms of Change. 3. Grammaticalization as Analogically Driven Change. 4. Grammaticalization and Generative Grammar. 5. Grammaticalization and Functional Linguistics. 6. Usage-based Theory and Grammaticalization. 7. Grammaticalization and Cognitive Grammar. 8. Grammaticalization and Construction Grammar. 9. Grammaticalization and Linguistic Typology. 10. Grammaticalization and Sociolinguistics. 11. Grammaticalization and Language Acquisition. 12. Grammaticalization and Language Evolution. 13. Grammaticalization and Linguistic Complexity. 14. Grammaticalization and Directionality. 15. Grammaticalization and Explanation. 16. Grammaticalization: A General Critique. Part II: Methodological Issues. 17. Grammaticalization and Linguistic Variation. 18. Collocations in Grammaticalization and Variation. 19. Grammaticalization and Corpus Linguistics. 20. Grammaticalization and Language Change in the Individual. 21. Grammaticalization in Non-Standard Varieties of English. 22. Grammaticalization and Language Contact. 23. The Areal Dimension of Grammaticalization. 24. Degrees of Grammaticalization Across Languages. 25. Grammaticalization and Semantic Maps. Part III: Domains of Grammaticalization. 26. Grammaticalization and Prosody. 27. The Gradual Coelescence into 'Words' in Grammaticalization. 28. Grammaticalization and Word Formation. 29. grammaticalization and Syntax - A Functional View. 30. Grammaticalization and Word Order Change. 31. Grammaticalization and Semantic Change. 32. Pragmatic Aspects of Grammaticalization. 33. Grammaticalization and Discourse. 34. Grammaticalization and Conversation. 35. Grammaticalization and Lexicalization. 36. Grammaticalization and Pragmaticalization. 37. Iconicity Versus grammaticalization: A Case Study. 38. Degrammaticalization. Part IV: Grammaticalization of Form Classes and Categories. 39. The Grammaticalization of Agreement. 40. Adverbial Grammaticalization. 41. The Grammaticalization of Adpositions and Case Marking. 42. The Grammaticalization of Definite Articles. 43. The Grammaticalization of Passives. 44. Auxiliaries and Grammaticalization. 45. The Grammaticalization of Complex Predicates. 46. Negative Cycles and Grammaticalization. 47. The Grammaticalization of Tense and Aspect. 48. The Grammaticalization of Modality. 49. The Grammaticality of Evidentiality. 50. The Grammaticalization of Discourse Markers. 51. The Grammaticalization of Reference Systems. 52. The Grammaticalization of Subordination. 53. The Grammaticalization of Quotatives. 54. The Grammaticalization of Coordinating Interclausal Connectives. 55. The Grammaticalization of Final Particles. Part V: The Different Faces of Grammaticalization Across Languages. 56. Grammaticalization in Sign Languages. 57. Grammaticalization in African Languages. 58. Grammaticalization in Germanic Languages. 59. Grammaticalization From Latin to Romance. 60. Grammaticalization in Brazilian Portuguese. 61. Grammaticalization in Slavic Languages. 62. Grammaticalization in Turkic Languages. 63. Grammaticalization in Korean. 64. Grammaticalization in Japanese. 65. Grammaticalization in Sinitic Languages. References. Subject Index.

Heiko Narrog is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Tohoku University. He has published in Japanese and American journals on diachronic syntax. His books include Japanische Verbflexive und flektierbare Suffixe (Harrassowitz 1999) and Modality in Japanese (Benjamins 2009). He is currently working on a book, Modality, Subjectivity, and Semantic Change: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective, to be published by OUP in 2012. Bernd Heine is Emeritus Professor at the Institute of African Studies (Institut für Afrikanistik), University of Cologne. His 33 books include Possession: Cognitive sources, forces, and grammaticalization (CUP, 1997); Auxiliaries: Cognitive forces and grammaticalization (OUP, 1993); Cognitive Foundations of Grammar (OUP USA, 1997); with Derek Nurse, African Languages: An introduction (CUP, 2000), A Linguistic Geography of Africa (CUP, 2007); with Tania Kuteva, World Lexicon of Grammaticalization (CUP, 2002), Language Contact and Grammatical Change (CUP, 2005), The Changing Languages of Europe (OUP, 2006), and The Genesis of Grammar (OUP, 2008).