After a short review of the history of research, the work introduces and delimits the concepts related to grammaticalization. It then provides extensive exemplification of grammaticalization phenomena in diverse languages, ordered by grammatical domains such as the verbal, pronominal and nominal sphere and clause level relations. The final chapter presents a theory of grammaticalization which i…
The present work is a study of the Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini from a new perspective. It attempts to explore the Pāṇinian system of Sanskrit grammar from a formal point of view and investigate the possibilities of representing it in a logical, explicit and consistent manner. It puts forward an appropriate framework for such a representation. Differing from the formulation of Aṣṭādhy…
"This book introduces formal grammar theories that play a role in current linguistic theorizing (Phrase Structure Grammar, Transformational Grammar/Government & Binding, Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, Lexical Functional Grammar, Categorial Grammar, Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, Construction Grammar, Tree Adjoining Grammar). The key assumptions are explained and it is shown how…
Lontar Yusup adalah sebuah puisi naratif tentang kehidupan salah seorang Nabi Islam yang amat populer, Nabi Yusuf. Kisah ini merentangkan perjalanan hidup seorang utusan pilihan Tuhan (duta nabi luwih) dari usia dua belas tahun, kala ia bermimpi tentang matahari, bulan dan sebelas bintang bersujud kepadanya, sam-pai ia naik takhta menjadi penguasa Mesir, seusai nubuatnya tentang mimpi Raja Mesi…