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TitleEvolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the World, TheAuthorBybee, Joan and Perkins, Revere and Pagliuca, WilliamPublishedUniversity Of Chicago Press 1994
Status:Check Shelves SubjectGrammar, Language ChangeMediaPaperback,BookEdition1ISBN0226086658Call NumberBybee1994ETypeCirculating BookDescription

Contents: Theoretical Background. Method Used in the Study. Anterior, Perfective, and Related Senses. A Quantitative Approach to Grammaticalization. Progressive, Imperfective, Present, and Related Senses. Mood and Modality. Future. Mechanisms of Semantic Change.

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