Grammaticalization is a well-attested process of linguistic change in which a lexical item
becomes a function word, which may be further reduced to a clitic or affix. Proponents of the …

Ways of identifying subjectification and especially intersubjectification are discussed using
data from the history of English no doubt and surely. These adverbs arose out of non-modal …

Title description Singapore English: A grammatical description provides a vivid account of
current, contemporary Singapore English, complementing older seminal accounts of this …

Language is always in flux. Over time new patterns can be observed that are either minor
modifications to the linguistic system, as when the meaning of a lexical item changes, or …

This book presents an in-depth linguistic description of Papuan Malay, a non-standard
variety of Malay. The language is spoken in coastal West Papua which covers the western …

This paper examines a wide range of nominalization strategies found in Asian languages,
and identifies robust grammaticalization pathways that trace the life of versatile …

This study reviews extended uses of nominalization constructions in a wide range of Asian
languages. It combines typological and diachronic perspectives, and traces how …

This paper presents evidence of recurring patterns as well as of language-specific variations
in the development of nominalizers across several East Asian and Tibeto-Burman …

In a number of East and South-East Asian languages, certain grammatical elements such as
pronouns, generic nouns, or demonstratives (eg one, thing, this) have acquired additional …

El objetivo de este trabajo es el de describir y analizar el uso del pronombre ello en
construcciones impersonales en el español hablado en la República Dominicana. La …