Is Grammaticalization Unidirectional?

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Grammaticalization, a significant process in language change, explores how autonomous words evolve into grammatical elements. This seminar paper delves into its historical context, tracing the term's origins to linguist Meillet, who first articulated the concept in 1912. It highlights the complexity of grammaticalization as a sub-field of linguistics and references contemporary definitions by Hopper and Traugott, emphasizing its ongoing development and the shift of lexical items into grammatical functions within specific linguistic contexts.