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This article is a review of the book "English noun phrases from a functional-cognitive perspective." The book is a collection of chapters presented at a workshop on the English noun phrase, covering both synchronic and diachronic perspectives and various functional-cognitive approaches. The chapters include corpus-based studies with qualitative and quantitative analysis, as well as some experimental methods. The book is divided into three parts: determination, modification & complementation; shell nouns & the X-is construction; and binominal constructions. The chapters explore topics such as secondary determiners, the grammaticalization of definiteness, structural changes in noun phrase referring expressions, and the variation in the English gerund system. The book also discusses the use of shell nouns as epistemic stance devices, constructional variation in N-is focaliser constructions, and the development of binominal noun phrases. The review concludes that the book provides a comprehensive overview of current research on the English noun phrase, with contributions from various theoretical frameworks and methodologies. [Extracted from the article]

The book "The Grammatization of Spanish in 19th Century Peru" by Alfonso Zamorano Aguilar analyzes 24 school grammars published in Peru between 1832 and 1899, focusing on the history of grammatical ideas in the Andean region. The author also presents the sociopolitical, educational, religious, literary, and philosophical context of Peru in the 19th century. The book provides information about the authors of the grammars and the recipients of the texts, as well as the debate about the code and the grammaticalization of Spanish. Concepts such as geographical differences, historical evolution, and the institutionalization of the Spanish language are also studied, as well as the presence of loanwords, neologisms, and synonyms. [Extracted from the article]

The article analyzes the evolution of verbal periphrases in Spanish and other Romance languages, focusing on their diachronic functioning and grammaticalization. They are organized into three thematic axes: sign language, periphrases born from stative verbs or expressing general activity, and pluriverbal constructions motivated by verbs of movement. The tendency to simplify the expression of the past in American dialects is highlighted, as well as the use of the compound form "ir a + infinitive" in American Spanish. The importance of studying periphrases as pluriverbal forms is also mentioned, and different aspects related to verbal periphrases in Spanish are explored, such as aspectual categorization and the diachronic evolution of different constructions. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Grammaticalization, lexicalization, and discourse analysis from a historical perspective" is a compilation of articles written by thirteen researchers who approach various grammatical and lexical phenomena from a historical or discursive perspective. The book begins with a chapter that highlights the work of José Luis Girón Alconchel in the field of referred discourse, grammaticalization, and lexicalization. The following chapters analyze topics such as interlinguistic delimitation, Spanish denominations in the 16th and 17th centuries, Romandalusi lexicon, the anaphoric construction "el dicho + sintagma nominal," and verbal periphrases in the letter to Sor Filotea de la Cruz. The construction "N de que" in the Golden Age writers is also studied. Each chapter offers a detailed and diachronic analysis of the studied phenomena, based on textual evidence and bibliographic references. The book is a tribute to the researcher José Luis Girón Alconchel and highlights his contribution to the studies of grammaticalization and lexicalization from a discursive perspective. [Extracted from the article]

2018 Grammaticalization Meets Construction Grammar Amsterdam/Philadelphia, PA John Benjamins vi + 315 10.1075/cal.21 The editors' stated purpose is to present studies that are situated at the intersection of grammaticalization research and diachronic construction grammar. All articles share an interest in integrating insights from grammaticalization research and construction grammar in order to advance our understanding of empirical cases of grammaticalization. Hilpert's third question concerns construction grammar in general and the usefulness of nodes over network connections. This is the only chapter in which the data are significantly problematic for a grammaticalization analysis, on the assumptions that morphosyntactic change is unidirectional and that increased grammaticalization is an inevitable outcome. [Extracted from the article]

Johannes Helmbrecht investigates the sources of demonstrative pronouns in his paper 'On the grammaticalization of demonstratives in Hoocak and other Siouan languages'. This makes the grammaticalization of Yucatecan auxiliaries an example of converging grammaticalization paths that are drawn towards the same target from different starting points. The contributions by Helmbrecht, Jacques and Creissels discuss grammaticalization phenomena that have not been documented before, which puts the focus more squarely on language-specific aspects of grammaticalization. In summary, I Unity and diversity in grammaticalization scenarios i is a very stimulating book that not only offers interesting results, but that also challenges the reader to think in new ways about universal and language-specific aspects of grammaticalization. [Extracted from the article]

In this construction, the second element is an adjective or adverb and a diminutive is inserted between the prefixoid and adjective/adverb, e.g. I bloedje serieus i (blood- dim -serious) "very serious", I kletsje nat i (splash- dim -wet) "very wet". The adjectival nouns above do not adhere to the normal way of deriving nouns from adjectives in Dutch, which is achieved in the default case by adding the suffix I -e i to the adjective. The I -idz(o) i suffix usually functions as a verbalizer because it attaches mostly to nominal bases (nouns and adjectives) to form transitive and intransitive verbs (e.g. I alat-idz(o) i "to salt" < I alat-i i "salt"). In other words, the CN slot in the OE definite NP experiences host-class expansion in the sense that the group of nouns which has to be marked by an article is increased by the class of unique nouns at some point ([32]: 214-217, 253-254).). [Extracted from the article]

Alan Barnard's Language in Prehistory attempts to find an accommodation between linguistic and evolutionary theory and apply insights from archeology and anthropology to the origins and purposes of language. Rudolph Botha's Language Evolution: The Windows Approach is a critique of employing evidence from other fields. Botha also critiques conclusions drawn from pidgins and creoles, homesign, motherese, grammaticalization, language acquisition, protolanguage, and comparative animal behavior. This review attempts in turn to bring into question the appropriateness of applying the framework of generative linguistics, and its style of argumentation, to prehistory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Subjectification, Intersubjectification and Grammaticalization," edited by Kristin Davidse, Lieven Vandelanotte and Hubert Cuyckens.

The article reviews the book "Change in Contemporary English. A Grammatical Study," by Marianne Hundt, Geoffrey Leech, Christian Mair and Nicholas Smith.

The article reviews the book "Connecting Grammaticalisation," by Jens Nørgård-Sørensen, Lars Heltoft and Lene Schosler.

The article reviews the book "Degrammaticalization," by Muriel Norde.

The article reviews the book "Evidentiality in German: Linguistic Realizationand Regularities in Grammaticalization," by Gabriele Diewald and Elena Smirnova.

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The article reviews the book "Grammaticalization: Current Views and Issues," edited by Katerina Stathi, Elke Gehweiler and Ekkehard König.

The article reviews the book "Telicity and Durability: A Study of Aspect in Dëne Sųŀné (Chipewyan) and German," by Andrea Wilhelm.

The article reviews the book "Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization," edited by An Van Linden, Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Kristin Davidse.

The article reviews the book "Gradience, Gradualness and Grammaticalization," edited by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale.

The article reviews the book "Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Grammaticalization," edited by Elena Seoane, and María José López-Couso.

The article reviews the book "Degrammaticalization," by Muriel Norde.

The article reviews the book "Gradience, Gradualness and Grammaticalization," edited by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale.

The article reviews the book "Rethinking Grammaticalization: New Perspectives," edited by María José López-Couso and Elena Seoane.

The article reviews the book "Meaning Change in Grammaticalization: An Enquiry Into Semantic Reanalysis," by Regine Eckardt.

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The article reviews the book "Grammaticalization as Economy," by Elly Van Gelderen.

The article reviews the book "What makes Grammaticalization? A Look from its Fringes and its Components," edited by Walter Bisang, Nikolaus P. Himmelmann, and Björn Wiemer.

The article reviews the book "Grammaticalization as Economy," by Elly van Gelderen.

The article presents a review of the book "What Makes Grammaticalization? A Look From Its Fringes and Its Components" edited by Walter Bisang, Nikolaus P. Himmelmann, and Bjorn Wiemer.

The article reviews the book "Corpus Approaches to Grammaticalization in English," edited by Hans Lindquist and Christian Mair.

Reviews the book "Corpus Approaches to Grammaticalization in English,"edited by Hans Lindquist and Christian Mair.

Reviews the book "Syntactic Change: A Minimalist Approach to Grammaticalization," by Ian Roberts and Anna Roussou.

Reviews the book "New Reflections on Grammaticalization," edited by Ilse Wischer and Gabriele Diewald.

Reviews the book "World Lexicon of Grammaticalization," by Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva.

The article reviews the book "The Verbal System of the Aramaic of Daniel: An Explanation in the Context of Grammaticalization," by Tarsee Li.