Grammaticalization from a Typological Perspective PowerShares ranging from the mobilization of

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Grammaticalization from a Typological Perspective PowerShares ranging from the mobilization ofThis volume explores the way in which grammaticalization processes whereby lexical words eventually become markers of grammatical categories converge and differ across various types of language. While grammaticalization at its core is a unidirectional phenomenon, in which the same pathways of change are replicated across languages, certain language types and language areas have distinct preferences with respect to what they grammaticalize and how.