Shared Grammaticalization

Рецензия кн. Martine Robbeets/Hubert Cuyckens (edd.): Shared Grammaticalization.With special focus on the Transeurasian languages, Amsterdam: John Benjamins (Studies in Language Companion Series Vol. 132), XIV, 360 pp. This is a review of the named book, which mainly focuses on the implication of its contents for the so-called Altaic hypothesis. Especially, the contents of the article of the main editor is scrutinized, with emphasis on the validity of the claim that the Altaic languages form a valid genealogical grouping.