Corpus Linguistics-Based Quantitative Analysis of Grammaticalization

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With the development of computational technology, corpus linguistics is becoming a mature discipline. Many western linguists begin to observe the grammatical changes of lexical items and constructions and examine the relative theories with the aid of corpora. This paper deals mainly with the trends of research on grammaticalization, proving that the research approaches are closely related with the development of computers.

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