A Contrastive Study of Grammaticalization and Degrammaticalization

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10.2991/cesses-18.2018.141How to use a DOI?

Keywords

grammaticalization; degrammaticalization; mechanism

Abstract

Grammaticalization is most frequently conceived as a diachronic process form a process from a less grammatical unit to a more grammatical unit. While the research on degrammticalization has stirred great disputes from its very beginning for the simple reason that it challenges the Principle of Unidirectionality, which is the nucleus of grammaticalization theory. Based on the discussion and analysis in this article, it is beyond doubt that the linguistic evidences of degrammticalization exist in a wide range of languages, and the debate about the existence and feasibility of degrammaticalization is largely a matter of definition and scope among different scholars. Therefore, this thesis intends to probe into the definition, categorization, motivations, and mechanism of both grammaticalization and degrammaticalizaiton based on the previous research in the domain, in an attempt to make a contrastive study between grammaticalization and degrammaticalization in order to shed light on their connections and distinctions.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yujuan Feng
AU  - Xianjing Han
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - A Contrastive Study of Grammaticalization and Degrammaticalization
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 630
EP  - 633
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/cesses-18.2018.141
DO  - 10.2991/cesses-18.2018.141
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