Christian Lehmann is professor emeritus of the University of Erfurt, Germany. His publications deal mainly with the grammar of different languages, with general comparative grammar, specifically with grammaticalization, including Thoughts on grammaticalization (3rd ed. 2015).

• ForewordPrefaceAbout the AuthorList of Figures and TablesGrammatical Category LabelsNote on Supplementary Material1 Introduction2 Basic Concepts of Grammaticalization Theory3 Types of Variation in Grammar4 Criteria and Parameters of Grammaticalization5 Delimiting Grammaticalization6 Semantic and Pragmatic Aspects of Grammaticalization7 Grammaticalization in Some Functional Domains8 Directionality of Grammaticalization9 Grammaticalization and Linguistic Typology10 Cognitive Basis of GrammaticalizationConclusionReferencesAbout the Series EditorWebsites for Cognitive Linguistics and CIFCL Speakers

Christian Lehmann is professor emeritus of the University of Erfurt, Germany. His publications deal mainly with the grammar of different languages, with general comparative grammar, specifically with grammaticalization, including Thoughts on grammaticalization (3rd ed. 2015).

• ForewordPrefaceAbout the AuthorList of Figures and TablesGrammatical Category LabelsNote on Supplementary Material1 Introduction2 Basic Concepts of Grammaticalization Theory3 Types of Variation in Grammar4 Criteria and Parameters of Grammaticalization5 Delimiting Grammaticalization6 Semantic and Pragmatic Aspects of Grammaticalization7 Grammaticalization in Some Functional Domains8 Directionality of Grammaticalization9 Grammaticalization and Linguistic Typology10 Cognitive Basis of GrammaticalizationConclusionReferencesAbout the Series EditorWebsites for Cognitive Linguistics and CIFCL Speakers

Christian Lehmann is professor emeritus of the University of Erfurt, Germany. His publications deal mainly with the grammar of different languages, with general comparative grammar, specifically with grammaticalization, including Thoughts on grammaticalization (3rd ed. 2015).

• ForewordPrefaceAbout the AuthorList of Figures and TablesGrammatical Category LabelsNote on Supplementary Material1 Introduction2 Basic Concepts of Grammaticalization Theory3 Types of Variation in Grammar4 Criteria and Parameters of Grammaticalization5 Delimiting Grammaticalization6 Semantic and Pragmatic Aspects of Grammaticalization7 Grammaticalization in Some Functional Domains8 Directionality of Grammaticalization9 Grammaticalization and Linguistic Typology10 Cognitive Basis of GrammaticalizationConclusionReferencesAbout the Series EditorWebsites for Cognitive Linguistics and CIFCL Speakers