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I investigate how complementizers, which connect subordinate clauses to the main sentence, develop from other parts of speech, namely prepositions and adverbs. This occurs by the process of grammaticalization, in which a word loses lexicality and gains grammatical function instead.
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- Mackowski, Catherine (Author)
- Gelderen, Elly van (Thesis advisor)
- Adams, Karen (Committee member)
- Bjork, Robert (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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2010
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- Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2010Note typethesis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60)Note typebibliography
- Field of study: English
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by Catherine Mackowski