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Grammaticalization as a creative process
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Bernd Heine
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September 25, 2009
Abstract
While language has been described in many previous linguistic theories as a static, self-contained system, it is viewed as a dynamic, open-ended phenomenon in recent studies on grammaticalization. In the present paper it is argued that both the genesis and the development of grammatical categories are the result of a general cognitive process that is creative in nature.
Published Online: 2009-09-25
Published in Print: 2008-11
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Keywords for this article
concretization;
creativity;
grammaticalization;
solidarity imperative;
systems view model
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