text_combined: new book grammaticalization english grammar axel huebler expressivity grammar grammatical devices expressing emotion across time 1998 23 x 15 5 cm vii 253 pages cloth dm 158 approx us 99 00 isbn 311 015780 2 topics english linguistics 25 mouton de gruyter berlin new york elementary level expressivity recognized basic communicative function language however advanced level today linguistic theorizing focus expression propositions fact remains unexplored today modifying correcting undue emphasis objectivist linguistics intellectual dimension language volume presents subjectivist reinterpretation central grammatical categories constructions emotive nonpropositional terms moreover instead analysing explicit forms expressing emotion identifying describing volume concentrates forms expressivity implicit grammatical devices e g getpassive present perfect progressive way author tackles six wellknown partly notorious phenomena english grammar examines use specific periods english possible compares presentday english analysis based wealth material including data objectivists worked several instances instructive indepth applications new approach texts old middle early modern english provided volume presents groundbreaking contribution field grammaticalization research also ongoing research development expressivity subjectivity cultural historical phenomenon _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mouton de gruyter walter de gruyter inc postfach 30 34 21 200 saw mill river road d10728 berlin hawthorne ny 10532 germany usa fax 49 0 30 26005351 fax 1 914 7471326 email mouton degruyter de publications also ordered via world wide web http www degruyter de