Emergence of Caussality in Grammar

Preface
Acknowledgements

CHAPTER 1 Introduction
1.1 Objectives
1.2 Organization
1.3 Research Methodology

CHAPTER 2 Theoretical Background
2.1 Previous Studies of the Status of Complex Prepositions
2.2 Reanalysis vs. Analogy

CHAPTER 3 Grammaticalization of English Causal Complex Prepositions
3.1 Categorial Changes
3.1.1 Source Lexemes
3.1.2 Categorial Status
3.2 Semantic Changes
3.2.1 Because of
3.2.2 By reason of
3.2.3 Owing to
3.2.4 Due to
3.2.5 Thanks to
3.2.6 Emergence of Causality in Human Cognition
3.3 Morphosyntactic Changes
3.3.1 Because of and By reason of
3.3.2 Owing to, Due to, and Thanks to
3.3.3 Grammaticalization through Analogy

CHAPTER 4 Causality and Subjectivity
4.1 Domains of Use
4.2 Subjectivity
4.3 Corpus Analysis of Degree of Subjectivity
4.4 Degree of Grammaticalization
4.4.1 Morphosyntactic Parameter
4.4.2 Age of Grams Parameter
4.4.3 The Cline of Grammaticalization
4.5 Subjectivity and Subjectification

CHAPTER 5 Synchronic Consequences of Diachronic Changes
5.1 General Distribution
5.2 Specialization
5.3 Subjectivity

CHAPTER 6 Conclusion

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