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Aspects of Grammaticalization

Author : Daniel Olmen,Hubert Cuyckens,Lobke Ghesquière
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110492347

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Aspects of Grammaticalization by Daniel Olmen,Hubert Cuyckens,Lobke Ghesquière Pdf

This volume advances our understanding of two highly debated aspects of grammaticalization: its relation to (inter)subjectification and its directionality. These aspects are studied with respect to such phenomena as auxiliaries, discourse markers, conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns. Bringing together a wide range of languages, the collection provides insight into the crucial dimensions of grammaticalization research.

The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality

Author : Kees Hengeveld,Heiko Narrog,Hella Olbertz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110517422

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The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality by Kees Hengeveld,Heiko Narrog,Hella Olbertz Pdf

This book brings together a series of contributions to the study of grammaticalization of tense, aspect, and modality from a functional perspective. All contributions share the aim to uncover the functional motivations behind the processes of grammaticalization under discussion, but they do so from different points of view.

Aspects of Grammaticalization

Author : Daniel Olmen,Hubert Cuyckens,Lobke Ghesquière
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110489767

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Aspects of Grammaticalization by Daniel Olmen,Hubert Cuyckens,Lobke Ghesquière Pdf

This volume advances our understanding of two highly debated aspects of grammaticalization: its relation to (inter)subjectification and its directionality. These aspects are studied with respect to such phenomena as auxiliaries, discourse markers, conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns. Bringing together a wide range of languages, the collection provides insight into the crucial dimensions of grammaticalization research.

Measurements of Grammaticalization

Author : David Correia Saavedra
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110753073

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Measurements of Grammaticalization by David Correia Saavedra Pdf

Grammaticalization has often been described as a gradual phenomenon. While many studies have discussed the quantitative aspects of grammaticalization, there has been little to no work that has tried to propose a way of measuring degrees of grammaticalization. This book addresses this gap by proposing a corpus-based approach to the measurement of grammaticalization, using binary logistic regression modelling. Such an approach has theoretical benefits as it can provide empirical evidence for the gradience and gradualness of grammaticalization. It can help substantiate observations that have been done on the basis of case studies so far, such as the hypothesized unidirectionality of grammaticalization. In addition, as the methods proposed in this book rely on corpus-based data only, it offers a way of comparing grammaticalization across multiple languages, which is currently a challenging endeavour. What this book hopes to achieve is to start a discussion on the measurement of grammaticalization. To draw a parallel, the field of morphological productivity has greatly benefited from the discussions (and disputes) regarding how its object of study should be measured, and I believe that so will the field of grammaticalization.

Unity and diversity in grammaticalization scenarios

Author : Walter Bisang,Andrej Malchukov
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783946234999

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Unity and diversity in grammaticalization scenarios by Walter Bisang,Andrej Malchukov Pdf

The volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the symposium on “Areal patterns of grammaticalization and cross-linguistic variation in grammaticalization scenarios” held on 12-14 March 2015 at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. The papers, written by leading scholars combining expertise in historical linguistics and grammaticalization research, study variation in grammaticalization scenarios in a variety of language families (Slavic, Indo-Aryan, Tibeto-Burman, Bantu, Mande, "Khoisan", Siouan, and Mayan). The volume stands out in the vast literature on grammaticalization by focusing on variation in grammaticalization scenarios and areal patterns in grammaticalization. Apart from documenting new grammaticalization paths, the volume makes a methodological contribution as it addresses an important question of how to reconcile universal outcomes of grammaticalization processes with the fact that the input to these processes is language-specific and construction-specific.

Grammaticalization of the Complex Sentence

Author : Zygmunt Frajzyngier
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027230355

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Grammaticalization of the Complex Sentence by Zygmunt Frajzyngier Pdf

The general objective of the study is systematic examination of the processes involved in the formation and evolution of complex sentence constructions in a group of genetically related languages. The Chadic language group, at about 140 languages, constitutes the largest and most diversified branch of the Afroasiatic family. One of the findings of the present work is that languages starting from the same base may develop quite different morphological and syntactic structures. With respect to issues of general linguistic interest, the book deals with motivations for grammaticalization: It is proposed that one of the most important motivations is satisfaction of the principle of well formedness, that is, that every element in an utterance must have its role transparent to the hearer either by inherent lexical properties or by grammatical means. In the present work both aspects of grammaticalization, viz. the emergence of grammatical constructions and the emergence of grammatical morphemes, are given equal weight. In addition to semantic metaphor and metonymy as mechanisms in the processes of grammaticalization, the present work develops the notion of semiotic metonymy, whereby a part of a sign performs the function of the sign. It is shown that semiotic metonymy plays an important role in the grammaticalization of grammatical morphemes and constructions into other morphemes and constructions. The book also shows that unindirectionality is not a governing principle with respect to the development of grammatical morphemes into other grammatical morphemes; rather, there is considerable evidence and theoretical justification for the bidirectionality principle.

What makes Grammaticalization?

Author : Walter Bisang,Nikolaus P. Himmelmann,Björn Wiemer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197440

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What makes Grammaticalization? by Walter Bisang,Nikolaus P. Himmelmann,Björn Wiemer Pdf

The status of grammaticalization has been the subject of many controversial discussions. The contributions to What makes Grammaticalization? approach the prevalent phenomenon from the angle of language structure and focus on the interrelation between the levels of phonology, pragmatics (inference), discourse and the lexicon and some of them try to integrate the areal perspective. A wealth of data from Slavonic languages as well as from languages of other genetic and areal affiliation is discussed. The book is of interest to linguists specializing in grammaticalization, lexicalization and morphological typology, to language typologists as well as to functional, historical and cognitive linguists.

The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization

Author : Heiko Narrog,Bernd Heine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191618055

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The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization by Heiko Narrog,Bernd Heine Pdf

This book presents the state of the art in research on grammaticalization, the process by which lexical items acquire grammatical function, grammatical items get additional functions, and grammars are created. Leading scholars from around the world introduce and discuss the core theoretical and methodological bases of grammaticalization, report on work in the field, and point to promising directions for new research. They represent every relevant theoretical perspective and approach. Research on grammaticalization and its role in linguistic change encompasses work on languages from every major linguistic family. Its results offer valuable insights for all theoretical frameworks, including generative, construction, and cognitive grammar, and relate to work in fields such as phonology, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition. The handbook is divided into five parts, of which the first two are devoted to theory and method, the third and fourth to work in linguistic domains, classes, and cateogories, and the fifth to case studies of grammaticalization in a range of languages. It will be an indispensable source of information and inspiration for all those who wish to know more about this fascinating and important field.

Different Slants on Grammaticalization

Author : Sylvie Hancil,Vittorio Tantucci
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027252814

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Different Slants on Grammaticalization by Sylvie Hancil,Vittorio Tantucci Pdf

This volume on grammaticalization focuses on new theoretical and methodological challenges underpinning language change. It provides new approaches and insights deepening our understanding of the cognitive, pragmatic, and socio-cultural mechanisms that trigger the formation and the change of grammars. In this volume, grammaticalization is dealt with diachronically, synchronically and as a by-product of dialogic interaction. Another key feature of this book is language diversity; as it includes studies on language families ranging from Niger-Congo, Koreanic, Japonic, Sino-Tibetan to Germanic and Romance. The novel aspects of grammaticalization addressed are new slants on the fundamental debate about grammaticalization as expansion vs reduction; the grammatical formation of ideophones; the semantic domain of fear as a source and a trigger of grammatical change, and many other aspects of semantic and morphosyntactic development.

Thoughts on grammaticalization

Author : Christian Lehmann
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783946234067

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Thoughts on grammaticalization by Christian Lehmann Pdf

"Thoughts on grammaticalization" was first published in a working-paper version in 1982 and became very influential immediately, even though it was properly published only in 1995. Despite its modest title, the book can be read as an advanced introduction to grammaticalization, though its conception is very original. The present edition contains a number of corrections of the 1995 edition. After a short review of the history of research, the work introduces and delimits the concepts related to grammaticalization. It then provides extensive exemplification of grammaticalization phenomena in diverse languages, ordered by grammatical domains such as the verbal, pronominal and nominal sphere and clause level relations. The final chapter presents a theory of grammaticalization which is based on the autonomy of the linguistic sign with respect to the paradigmatic and syntagmatic axes. This is the basis of the structural parameters that constitute grammaticalization. They are operationalized to the point of rendering degrees of grammaticalization measurable.

The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality

Author : Kees Hengeveld,Heiko Narrog,Hella Olbertz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110519389

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The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality by Kees Hengeveld,Heiko Narrog,Hella Olbertz Pdf

This book brings together a series of contributions to the study of grammaticalization of tense, aspect, and modality from a functional perspective. All contributions share the aim to uncover the functional motivations behind the processes of grammaticalization under discussion, but they do so from different points of view.

Cross-Linguistic Perspectives on the Semantics of Grammatical Aspect

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004401006

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Cross-Linguistic Perspectives on the Semantics of Grammatical Aspect by Anonim Pdf

The volume proposes original semantic analyses on grammatical aspect, dealing with some less studied forms coding aspect, revisiting or challenging certain conventionalized views on aspectual categories and shedding light on interactions between aspect and modality, another multifaceted semantic category.

Perspectives on Grammaticalization

Author : William Pagliuca
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1994-08-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027276759

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Perspectives on Grammaticalization by William Pagliuca Pdf

This is the second of two volumes deriving from papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual UWM linguistics Symposium held in Milwaukee in 1990. It focuses on the evolution of grammatical form and meaning from lexical material, which has reinvigorated historical analysis and theory and led to advances in the understanding of the relation between diachrony and universals. The richness and potential of some of the leading approaches to grammaticalization are here illustrated in thirteen selected papers.

'COME' and 'GO' off the Beaten Grammaticalization Path

Author : Maud Devos,Jenneke van der Wal
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110335989

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'COME' and 'GO' off the Beaten Grammaticalization Path by Maud Devos,Jenneke van der Wal Pdf

This edition brings together some lesser known grammaticalization paths travelled by ‘come’ and ‘go’ in familiar and less familiar languages. No single book volume has been dedicated to the topic of grammatical targets different from tense and aspect so far. This study will increase our insight in grammaticalization processes in general as they force us to rethink certain aspects of grammaticalization.

Grammaticalization – Theory and Data

Author : Sylvie Hancil,Ekkehard König
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027269720

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Grammaticalization – Theory and Data by Sylvie Hancil,Ekkehard König Pdf

Since the 1980s theories and studies of grammaticalization have provided a major source of inspiration for the description and explanation of language change, giving rise to many publications and conferences. This collection presents original, empirical studies that explore various facets of grammaticalization research of both formal and functional orientation. The papers of this selection deal with general issues and specific empirical domains, such as personal pronouns; indefinite pronouns; final particles; tense and aspect markers; comitative markers and coordinating conjunctions. The languages covered include English, German, dialects of Italian, Japanese, Polish, and Walman (Papuan). The book will be of great interest to linguists working on language change in a wide variety of languages.