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How Long Does it Take to Read Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 20 minutes to read Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact by Rena Torres Cacoullos

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Description

This study of Old Spanish and present-day Mexico and New Mexico data develops a grammaticization account of variation in progressive constructions. Diachronic changes in cooccurrence patterns show that grammaticization involves reductive change driven by frequency increases. Formal reduction results in the emergence of auxilliary-plus-gerund sequences as fused units. Semantically, the constructions originate as spatial expressions; their grammaticization involves gradual loss of locative features of meaning. Semantic generalization among parallel evolutionary paths results in the competition among different constructions in the domain of progressive aspect. Patterns of synchronic variation follow from both the retention of meaning differences and the routinization of frequent collocations, as well as sociolinguistic factors. Register considerations turn out to be crucial in evaluating the effects of language contact. Purported changes in Spanish — English bilingual varieties are largely a feature of oral, informal language rather than a manifestation of convergence.

How long is Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact?

Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact by Rena Torres Cacoullos is 255 pages long, and a total of 65,025 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 55 minutes to read Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact aloud.

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Grammaticization, Synchronic Variation, and Language Contact is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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