Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale develop an approach to language change
based on construction grammar. Construction grammar is a theory of signs construed at the …

▪ Abstract Grammaticalization—the transformation of lexical items and phrases into
grammatical forms—has been the focus of considerable study. Two chief directions can be …

Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation presents a comprehensive,
intermediate level examination of Language Variation and Change, the branch of …

How do we interpret language and expose its meanings? How does pragmatics describe
the English language? Where can we go to acquire a deeper understanding of pragmatics …

Grammaticalization refers to the change whereby lexical terms and constructions serve
grammatical functions in certain linguistic contexts and, once grammaticalized, continue to …

In this rich reference work, Beth Levin classifies over 3,000 English verbs according to
shared meaning and behavior. Levin starts with the hypothesis that a verb's meaning …

Routledge Applied Linguistics is a series of comprehensive textbooks, providing students
and researchers with the support they need for advanced study in the core areas of English …

Introducing English Semantics is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the study
of meaning. Charles W. Kreidler presents the basic principles of this discipline. He explores …

This book looks at the various ways in which time is reflected in natural language. All natural
languages have developed a rich repetoire of devices to express time, but linguists have …

Lexicalization, a process of language change, has been conceptualized in a variety of ways.
Broadly defined as the adoption of concepts into the lexicon, it has been viewed by …