grammaticalization romance ling mario squartini verbal periphrases romance aspect actionality grammaticalization 1998 23 x 15 5 cm xi 372 pages cloth dm 218 approx us 136 00 isbn 311 016160 5 empirical approaches language typology 21 mouton de gruyter berlin new york focusing interplay aspect actionality aktionsart grammaticalization process monographs presents detailed synchronic diachronic examination semantics various romance verbal periphrases shown verbal periphrasis grammaticalized actional restrictions gradually loosened semantics shifts domain actionality aspect processes important understanding romance data importantly general understanding historical development aspect given usually oneway nature grammaticalization processes volume provides powerful tool plotting directions change direct historical evidence lacking based extensive corpora work covers wide range romance aspectual periphrases thus also providing important database several romance languages including dialects regional varieties periods introductory descriptions relevant periphrases complete english translations examples provided thus making book equally accessible romance specialists general linguists _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 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 de gruyter also ordered via world wide web http www degruyter com