Germanic future constructions: a usage-based approach to language change

by Hilpert, Martin

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Full title :Germanic future constructions : a usage-based approach to language change / Martin Hilpert.

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Publication Date:©2008.

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Publisher(s):John Benjamins Pub. Co
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2008.

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Description:viii, 205 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

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ISBN:9789027218292, 9027218293
oclc:ocn232358243
LC Classification:PF3105
Dewey Decimal:435

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Theory and methodology -- Ch. 3. Comparing future constructions in a single language -- 3.1. Swedish ska and komma att in modern usage -- 3.2. grammaticalization of English shall and will -- Ch. 4. Cross-linguistic comparisons -- 4.1. Danish ville and English will in modern usage -- 4.2. grammaticalization of Dutch gaan and English be going to -- Ch. 5. Collexemes and grammaticalization paths -- 5.1. grammaticalization of Swedish komma att -- 5.2. grammaticalization of German werden -- Ch. 6. futurate present -- 6.1. English futurate present -- 6.2. German futurate present -- Ch. 7. Conclusions -- 7.1. Hypotheses revisited.

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