This book brings together a series of contributions to the study of grammaticalization of tense, aspect, and modality from a functional perspective. All contrib

Joan Bybee and her colleagues present a new theory of the evolution of grammar that links structure and meaning in a way that directly challenges most contempor

The volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the symposium on “Areal patterns of grammaticalization and cross-linguistic variation in gra

This book presents a critical assessment of research on grammaticalization, a central element in the process by which grammars are created. Leading scholars dis

This Handbook is a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible guide to the topics and theories that current form the front line of research into tense, aspect