Up and Down the Cline--the Nature of GrammaticalizationOlga Fischer, Muriel Norde, Harry Perridon The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the nature of grammaticalization. Its contributions focus on the following questions: (i) In how far can grammaticalization be considered a universal diachronic process or mechanism of change and in how far is it conditioned by synchronic factors? (ii) What is the role of the speaker in grammaticalization? (iii) Does grammaticalization itself provide a cause for change or is it an epiphenomenon, i.e. a conglomeration of causal factors/mechanisms which elsewhere occur independently? (iv) If it is epiphenominal, how do we explain that similar pathways so often occur in known cases of grammaticalization? (v) Is grammaticalization unidirectional? (vi) What is the nature of the parameters guiding grammaticalization? The overall aim of the book is to enrich our understanding of what grammaticalization does or does not entail via detailed case studies in combination with theoretical and methodological discussions. |
Contents
On directionality in language change with particular reference | 17 |
Rescuing traditional historical linguistics from | 45 |
A case of degrammaticalization? | 73 |
An investigation into the marginal modals DARE and NEED in British | 97 |
Is there life after modality? | 115 |
Implications | 137 |
Implications for a theory | 169 |
Unidirectionality in the grammaticalization of modality in Greek | 193 |
Grammaticalization and standardization | 247 |
External factors behind crosslinguistic similarities | 263 |
What constitutes a case of grammaticalization? Evidence from | 281 |
The case | 299 |
The case of bei2 give | 325 |
Grammaticalization | 345 |
Evidence from Lithuanian | 363 |
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How cognitive is grammaticalization? The history of the Catalan | 211 |
Perfect and resultative constructions in spoken and nonstandard English | 229 |
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Common terms and phrases
adverbs affix Amsterdam & Philadelphia analysis animacy argued argument Auwera bei2 Bernd Bernd Heine Bybee Cambridge University Press Cantonese century clitic complement conjunction constructions contexts converb copulas corpus dare dative degrammaticalization demonstrative-form deontic diachronic dialects discourse discussed Early Modern English empunya epistemic examples Finnish Fischer function genitive grammatical grammaticalisation grammaticalization Greek Haspelmath Heine historical linguistics Hokkien Hopper inchoative infinitive inflectional interpretation Janda John Benjamins Kambera Kuteva language change lexeme lexical item Lithuanian Mandarin marker meaning Middle English modal morphemes Newmeyer nominal Norde noun occur particle passive Perfect phonetic phrasal plural polysemy POSS's possessor predicate preposition present pronominal pronoun punya Ramat reanalysis reference referential relative clause s-genitive S-pronominal s/he Scottish English Section semantic change sound change speakers Spoken BNC spoken Finnish stage stance structure suppose synchronic syntactic Syntax term tion Traugott unidirectionality wangu word order Written BNC Ziegeler