Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- About the Author -- List of Figures and Tables -- Grammatical Category Labels -- Note on Supplementary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basic Concepts of Grammaticalization Theory -- 3 Types of Variation in Grammar -- 4 Criteria and Parameters of Grammaticalization -- 5 Delimiting Grammaticalization -- 6 Semantic and Pragmatic Aspects of Grammaticalization -- 7 Grammaticalization in Some Functional Domains -- 8 Directionality of Grammaticalization -- 9 Grammaticalization and Linguistic Typology -- 10 Cognitive Basis of Grammaticalization -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Series Editor -- Websites for Cognitive Linguistics and CIFCL Speakers.

Distinguished Lectures in Cognitive Linguistics publishes the keynote lectures series given by prominent international scholars at the China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics since 2004. Each volume contains the transcripts of 10 lectures under one theme given by an acknowledged expert on a subject, and readers have access to the audio recordings of the lectures through links in the e-book and QR-codes in the printed volume. This series provides a unique course on the broad subject of Cognitive Linguistics. Speakers include George Lakoff, Ronald Langacker, Leonard Talmy, Laura Janda, Dirk Geeraerts, Ewa DÄ…browska and many others.

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