Research on grammaticalization and its role in linguistic change encompasses work on languages from every major linguistic family its results offer insights for all theoretical frameworks including generative construction and cognitive grammar and relates to work in fields such as phonology sociolinguistics and language acquisition the book provides a full critical assessment of every aspect of this research it is divided into five parts of which the first two are . The handbook provides a full critical assessment of every aspect of this research it is divided into five parts of which the first two are devoted to theory and method the third and fourth to work in linguistic domains classes and cateogories and the fifth to case studies of grammaticalization in a range of languages it will be an indispensable source of information and inspiration for all those who wish to know more about this fascinating and important field. The oxford handbook of grammaticalization edited by heiko narrog and bernd heine covers every relevant theoretical perspective shows how grammaticalization relates to subfields such as sociolinguistics and language acquisition authors are leading linguists from all over the world reports on work in a wide range of languages. The oxford handbook of grammaticalization edited by heiko narrog and bernd heine oxford handbooks covers every relevant theoretical perspective shows how grammaticalization relates to subfields such as sociolinguistics and language acquisition authors are leading linguists from all over the world reports on work in a wide range of languages. The oxford handbook of grammaticalization heiko narrog bernd heine oup oxford oct 13 2011 social science 952 pages 0 reviews this book presents the state of the art in research on grammaticalization the process by which lexical items acquire grammatical function grammatical items get additional functions and grammars are created leading scholars from around the world introduce