A Typological Approach to Grammaticalization and Lexicalization: East Meets West (Trends in Linguistics; Volume 327) by Edited by Janet Zhiqun Xing - 2020

De Gruyter Mouton, 2020. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Addressing typological characteristics in the processes of grammaticalization and lexicalization, linguists focus on whether Asian and European languages share similar grammaticalizations and lexicalization processes, whether the general processes of semantic change depend on certain typological properties of an Eastern or Western language, and whether the processes of grammaticalization and lexicalization correlate with other features of genetically unrelated and typologically different languages. Among their topics are grammaticalization in Chinese: a cross-linguistic perspective, an associated motion approach to northern Mandarin motion-cum-purpose patterns, and compounding word-formation in Ahou Gelao. (2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)