Muriel Norde shows that linguistic change via the well-attested process of grammaticalization is reversible and that degrammaticalization can occur on all levels: semantic, morphological, syntactic, and phonological. Her careful analysis of the process makes a significant contribution to methods of linguistic reconstruction and language change.

1. Introduction 2. Unidirectionality 3. Defining Degrammaticalization 4. Degrammation 5. Deinflectionalization 6. Debonding 7. Conclusions References Index of names Index of Subjects

Muriel Norde , University of Groningen