文档介绍：PATHWAYS OF CHANGE
PATHWAYS OF CHANGE
GRAMMATICALIZATION IN ENGLISH
Edited by
OLGA FISCHER
University of Amsterdam
ANETTE ROSENBACH
Heinrich Heine University
DIETER STEIN
Heinrich Heine University
JOHN BENJAMINS PANY
AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA
Table of Contents
Contributors vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Olga Fischer and Anette Rosenbach
A lovely little example: Word order options and category shift in the
premodifying string 39
Sylvia Adamson
The grammaticalization of the verb ‘pray’ 67
Minoji Akimoto
The grammaticalization of concessive markers in Early Modern Eng-
lish 85
Guohua Chen
Combining English auxiliaries 111
David Denison
Grammaticalisation: Unidirectional, non-reversable? The case of to
before the infinitive in English 149
Olga Fischer
Remarks on the de-grammaticalisation of infinitival to in present-day
American English 171
Susan Fitzmaurice
The role of person and position in Old English 187
Elly van Gelderen
Remarks on (uni)directionality 207
Roger Lass
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Soþlice and witodlice: Discourse markers in Old English 229
Ursula Lenker
Onginnan/beginnan with bare and to-infinitive in Ælfric 251
Bettelou Los
Some suggestions for explaining the origin and development of the
definite article in English 275
Robert McColl Millar
Parallelism vs. asymmetry: The case of English counterfactual condi-
tionals 311
Rafał Molencki
The grammaticalization of the present perfect in English: Tracks of
change and continuity in a linguistic enclave 329
Sali A. Tagliamonte
Grammaticalization versus lexicalization: ‘Methinks’ there is some
confusion 355
Ilse Wischer
Name index 371
Subject index 377
Contributors
Sylvia Adamson Olga Fischer
Dept of English & American Studies, Engels Seminarium
University of Manchester, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Oxford Road, Spuistraat 210
Manchester M13 9PL 1012 VT Amsterdam
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Minoji Akimoto