Paradigms regained: Theoretical and empirical arguments for the reassessment of the notion of paradigm

Paradigms regained: Theoretical and empirical arguments for the reassessment of the notion of paradigm
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Publisher : Language Science Press
Total Pages : 347
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ISBN-10 : 9783961103263
ISBN-13 : 3961103267
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Book Synopsis Paradigms regained: Theoretical and empirical arguments for the reassessment of the notion of paradigm by : Gabriele Diewald

Download or read book Paradigms regained: Theoretical and empirical arguments for the reassessment of the notion of paradigm written by Gabriele Diewald and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume discusses the breadth of applications for an extended notion of paradigm. Paradigms in this sense are not only tools of morphological description but constitute the inherent structure of grammar. Grammatical paradigms are structural sets forming holistic, semiotic structures with an informational value of their own. We argue that as such, paradigms are a part of speaker knowledge and provide necessary structuring for grammaticalization processes. The papers discuss theoretical as well as conceptual questions and explore different domains of grammatical phenomena, ranging from grammaticalization, morphology, and cognitive semantics to modality, aiming to illustrate what the concept of grammatical paradigms can and cannot (yet) explain.


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