Aspects of Grammaticalization : : (Inter)Subjectification and Directionality / / ed. by Daniel Olmen, Hubert Cuyckens, Lobke Ghesquière.

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 to...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 305
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 403 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Acknowledgments --
Table of contents --
Introduction --
I. Grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification --
1. Three types of subjectivity, three types of intersubjectivity, their dynamicization and a synthesis --
2. Grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification: The case of the Swedish modals må and måtte --
3. The French comparative modal constructions faire mieux de, valoir mieux and falloir mieux --
4. Discourse continuity and the written medium: Continuative relative clauses in the history of Dutch --
5. From verb of saying to discourse marker in Southern Min: (Inter)subjectification and grammaticalization --
6. The subjective and intersubjective uses of “fail to” and “not fail to” --
II. Grammaticalization and directionality --
7. Paths of grammaticalization of Early Latin per/per-: A cognitive hypothesis --
8. Grammaticalization of the English adverbial subordinator in order that --
9. What happens after grammaticalization? Post-grammaticalization processes in the area of modality --
10. Can a language be forced? The case of Estonian --
11. Historical replication in contact grammaticalization --
12. External possessors in West Germanic and Romance: Differential speed in the drift toward NP configurationality --
Index
Summary: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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783110492347
9783110762495
9783110719543
9783110742978
9783110485103
9783110485257
ISSN:1861-4302 ;
DOI:10.1515/9783110492347
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Daniel Olmen, Hubert Cuyckens, Lobke Ghesquière.