RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Heine, Bernd A1 Kuteva, Tania YR 2003 T1 On contact-induced grammaticalization JF Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation “Foundations of Language” VO 27 IS 3 SP 529 OP 572 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.27.3.04hei PB John Benjamins SN 0378-4177, AB Grammaticalization is based on universal strategies of conceptual transfer. Contact-induced language change on the other hand is an areally confined process resulting from specific historical events. What this suggests is that the two constitute quite divergent phenomena and, in fact, in the relevant literature they tend to be described as mutually exclusive processes. Accordingly, this literature abounds with discussions on whether some specific grammatical change is due to the former or the latter. The position taken in this paper is that the two are in no way mutually exclusive; rather, perhaps more often than not, they jointly conspire in triggering grammatical change., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/sl.27.3.04hei