A Study of Grammaticalization of Verb "Lǝg" In Modern Maithili

The present paper is a descriptive study and clearly attempting to focus on the process of grammaticalization of the verb in the Maithili language. The verb is semantically polysemous in nature that has more than one meaning in the sentences. The author mainly attempts to show the process of grammaticalization of the verb in which the verb retains its natural and grammatical class but gives up its natural semantic meaning and shows a different new meaning in the contexts. The paper also attempts to describe not only the verb lǝg that combines with other different grammatical categories (Adj, Noun & verb) to create a new kind of meaning in the sentences but also morph-syntactic information of grammaticalization. This paper also looks at the occurrence of the verb at two positions: (i) V1 and (ii) V2 positions.